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ArticleClinical rheumatology2007

Visceral leishmaniasis infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept.

V Bagalas, I Kioumis, P Argyropoulou, D Patakas

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

V BagalasDepartment of Pulmonary Disease, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School-G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Exohi, Thessaloniki, 57010, Greece. bagalasv@yahoo.com
I Kioumis
P Argyropoulou
D Patakas
G. Papanikolaou General Hospital · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe disease that can develop in immunocompromised patients. Antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) treatment of rheumatoid arthritis can result in clinical benefits, but with an increased risk of opportunistic infections. Leishmania infection in patients treated with TNF-alpha antagonists is extremely rare; for this reason, we report a patient with VL after etanercept treatment who had an unfavorable outcome.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidEtanerceptFatal OutcomeFemaleGreeceHumansImmunocompromised HostImmunoglobulin GImmunologic FactorsLeishmaniasis, VisceralMiddle AgedReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorEtanerceptImmunoglobulin GImmunologic FactorsReceptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor

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PMID16865310
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