A Case of Candida Bursitis Associated with Etanercept Treatment in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis / 대한류마티스학회지
The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
; : 175-179, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha blockade has been well proved to significantly improve the disease course of rheumatoid arthritis. However, since TNF-alpha plays an important role in the immune system against external infectious organisms, it was reported that TNF-alpha blockade could increase the frequency of serious opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis. Fungal bursitis is a rare infectious disease following sever infections, malignancies and immune deficiencies. Moreover, there was no report on fungal bursitis occurring after administration of TNF-alpha blockade in Korea to date. Recently we experienced a 58-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis who presented soft buttock mass after treatment with etanercept and was finally diagnosed as fungal bursitis by Candida parapsilosis.
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Main subject:
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
Year:
2008
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Article