High incidence and mortality of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection in anti-MDA5-antibody-positive dermatomyositis: experience from a single center

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are associated with a significantly higher risk of opportunistic infections including Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), a potentially fatal opportunistic infection. However, no prior studies have evaluated PJP infection in subtypes of IIM. O...

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Autores principales: Huang, Linlin, Fu, Qiong, Ye, Yan, Lin, Yanwei, Yan, Qingran, Chen, Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34481528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02606-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34481528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02606-8

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