Tuberculous pleurisy: an unusual complication during treatment of Crohn disease with azathioprine.
A patient is presented with Crohn disease who developed tuberculous pleurisy while treated with azathioprine. The prevalence of opportunistic infections is discussed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and treated with immunosuppressive regimes.
van Wijngaarden
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Dept. of Internal Medicine, Academic Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Meijssen
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D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine