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Staphylococcus Aureus carriage and long-term Rituximab treatment for Granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Objective. Chronic nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) increases the risk of relapse while Rituximab (RTX) is an effective agent for inducing and maintaining remission in patients with Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). We investigated whether B cell depletion and hypogammaglobulinemia...

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Autores principales: Besada, Emilio, Koldingsnes, Wenche, Nossent, Johannes C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137431
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1051