1. [Anti-PR3 positive inflammatory bowel disease. Description of a case].
- Author
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Defendenti C, Bollani S, Spina MF, Croce AM, Guercilena G, Saibeni S, Atzeni F, Saudelli M, Bruno S, Gherardi G, and Puttini PS
- Subjects
- Autoimmune Diseases etiology, Autoimmune Diseases pathology, Colon immunology, Colon pathology, Colon, Sigmoid immunology, Colon, Sigmoid pathology, Erythema Nodosum etiology, Female, Gastroenteritis complications, Gastroenteritis microbiology, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage etiology, Humans, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases microbiology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases pathology, Killer Cells, Natural immunology, Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, Necrosis, Salmonella Infections complications, Staphylococcal Infections immunology, Staphylococcus aureus immunology, Young Adult, Autoantigens immunology, Autoimmune Diseases immunology, Erythema Nodosum immunology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases immunology, Myeloblastin immunology, Staphylococcal Infections complications
- Abstract
We descrive the case of a patient with inflammatory bowel disease complicated by erythema nodosum and anti PR3 positivity. The patient was exposed to two different bacteria: salmonellosis was reported in patient history, while Staphylococcus aureus infection was diagnosed during the present hospital stay. Antibiotics and steroids are effective.
- Published
- 2009