1.
Dermatol Online J
; 16(2): 13, 2010 Feb 15.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20178709
RESUMO
Methotrexate may rarely provoke serositis, even with low doses and after just a few weeks of therapy. We report here a rare case of pleuropericarditis due to methotrexate. The effusion resolved after the withdrawal of the drug and the beginning of anti-inflammatory therapy; there was no relapse during a 10-month follow-up.
Assuntos
Fármacos Dermatológicos/efeitos adversos , Metotrexato/efeitos adversos , Pericardite/induzido quimicamente , Pleurisia/induzido quimicamente , Psoríase/tratamento farmacológico , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Aspirina/uso terapêutico , Doença Crônica , Colchicina/uso terapêutico , Fármacos Dermatológicos/uso terapêutico , Quimioterapia Combinada , Humanos , Masculino , Metotrexato/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pericardite/tratamento farmacológico , Pericardite/microbiologia , Pleurisia/tratamento farmacológico , Pleurisia/microbiologia , Psoríase/patologia
2.
Scand J Infect Dis
; 40(11-12): 995-6, 2008.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18819040
RESUMO
An outbreak of Chikungunya fever occurred in north-east Italy in the summer of 2007. Only 1 fatal case was observed, in an 83-y-old male hospitalized with encephalitis. Viral genome was detected at high level (1.5 x 10(8) copies/ml) in the cerebrospinal fluid 7 d after symptoms onset.