Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria

Methotrexate has immunosuppressive effects and is administered for refractory chronic urticaria. We present a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a patient with refractory chronic urticaria managed by low-dose weekly methotrexate treatment (total cumulative dose 195mg). Our study highlights...

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Autores principales: Wang, Sheng-Huei, Tang, Shih-En, Li, Yu-Huei, Wei, Kuang-Yu, Chang, Chan-Yuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29186259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175392
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author Wang, Sheng-Huei
Tang, Shih-En
Li, Yu-Huei
Wei, Kuang-Yu
Chang, Chan-Yuan
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description Methotrexate has immunosuppressive effects and is administered for refractory chronic urticaria. We present a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a patient with refractory chronic urticaria managed by low-dose weekly methotrexate treatment (total cumulative dose 195mg). Our study highlights the importance of providing prompt diagnosis and treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with chronic urticaria under methotrexate therapy.
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spelling pubmed-55145872017-07-24 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria Wang, Sheng-Huei Tang, Shih-En Li, Yu-Huei Wei, Kuang-Yu Chang, Chan-Yuan An Bras Dermatol Case Report Methotrexate has immunosuppressive effects and is administered for refractory chronic urticaria. We present a case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a patient with refractory chronic urticaria managed by low-dose weekly methotrexate treatment (total cumulative dose 195mg). Our study highlights the importance of providing prompt diagnosis and treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with chronic urticaria under methotrexate therapy. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5514587/ /pubmed/29186259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175392 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Wang, Sheng-Huei
Tang, Shih-En
Li, Yu-Huei
Wei, Kuang-Yu
Chang, Chan-Yuan
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
title Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_full Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_fullStr Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_full_unstemmed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_short Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
title_sort pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia induced by low-dose methotrexate in a patient with chronic urticaria
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29186259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175392
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