THE PROBLEM OF INVASIVE MYCOSES IN RHEUMATOLOGY(Part I)

THE PROBLEM OF INVASIVE MYCOSES IN RHEUMATOLOGY(Part I)

The problem of invasive mycoses is becoming ever more urgent in modern rheumatology. The fact that physicians are unalert to mycoses in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases and that there are difficulties in their lifetime diagnosis and treatment is noteworthy. The significance of this problem...

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Main Authors: Boris Sergeyevich Belov, O N Egorova, G M Tarasova, M V Polyanskaya, R M Balabanova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: IMA-PRESS LLC 2009-12-01
Series:Современная ревматология
Subjects:
rheumatic diseases
aspergillosis
diagnosis
treatment
Online Access:https://mrj.ima-press.net/mrj/article/view/252
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Summary:The problem of invasive mycoses is becoming ever more urgent in modern rheumatology. The fact that physicians are unalert to mycoses in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases and that there are difficulties in their lifetime diagnosis and treatment is noteworthy. The significance of this problem substantially increases with the active clinical introduction of biologicals, primarily tumor necrosis factor а inhibitors (infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept), which goes on concurrently with the increasing risk for opportunistic infections. Part I presents information on different aspects of systemic aspergillosis, including the tactics of its diagnosis and rational therapy
ISSN:1996-7012
2310-158X

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