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Pediatr Infect Dis J
; 35(7): 816-7, 2016 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27093160
ABSTRACT
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis is a neuroimmunologic disorder that has been increasingly diagnosed during the past 5 years. It provokes a predictable syndrome treated with several immunomodulatory agents, such as corticosteroids and/or biologics. We managed a child with this disease who developed Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia as a direct infectious complication of the use of rituximab.