title: Dermatomyositis responding to treatment of associated toxoplasmosis.
abstract: We report a 59-year-old woman with severe dermatomyositis in association with high serum toxoplasma antibody titres who was successfully treated with pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine. This case supports an aetiological role for toxoplasmosis in the pathogenesis of some cases of dermatomyositis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, U.K.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Harland
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Vernon
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013411:Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013411:Sulfadiazine; D011739:Pyrimethamine