1. Pneumonitis due to cytomegalovirus during chronic methotrexate treatment.
- Author
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Ramírez Huaranga MA, Bencosme de Mendez E, Cuadra Díaz JL, Lázaro Polo J, and Bujalance Cabrera C
- Subjects
- Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Antirheumatic Agents adverse effects, Cytomegalovirus Infections chemically induced, Methotrexate adverse effects, Pneumonia, Viral virology
- Abstract
Although hypersensitivity pneumonitis is the most common pulmonary complication described during treatment with methotrexate, other complications like lymphoproliferative and infectious disease may be considered in the study of respiratory disease associated to methotrexate. The existence of an increased risk to developing infectious diseases may be similar to that observed during treatment with antagonists of tumor necrosis factor and corticosteroids, where Cytomegalovirus pneumonia is a serious complication; early diagnosis and treatment will prevent a potentially fatal outcome., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2014
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