Severe septicaemia in a patient with polychondritis and Sweet’s syndrome after initiation of treatment with infliximab
CASE REPORT A 51 year old white man with relapsing polychondritis (first diagnosed in 1997) was admitted to our hospital in June 2001 with a five week history of general malaise, fever, recurrent arthritis, and complaints of morning stiffness. Besides autoimmune polychondritis, he had insulin depend...
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Published in | Annals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 81 - 82 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
01.01.2003
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Summary: | CASE REPORT A 51 year old white man with relapsing polychondritis (first diagnosed in 1997) was admitted to our hospital in June 2001 with a five week history of general malaise, fever, recurrent arthritis, and complaints of morning stiffness. Besides autoimmune polychondritis, he had insulin dependent diabetes mellitus that was diagnosed in 1989. [...]a higher dose of glucocorticoids (80 mg) and a second application of infliximab (3 mg/kg body weight) were given. |
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Bibliography: | Correspondence to:
Dr H Schulze-Koops, Nikolaus Fiebiger Centre for Molecular Medicine, Clinical Research Group III, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Glueckstrasse 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany;
Schulze-Koops@med3.imed.uni-erlangen.de local:0620081 istex:B7B25BDDFEC4F29AEBADCAA0C1E2232C01FE9089 PMID:12480678 ark:/67375/NVC-LWB9C2PH-L href:annrheumdis-62-81.pdf ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0003-4967 1468-2060 |
DOI: | 10.1136/ard.62.1.81 |