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Case Reports
. 2010 Feb 1;13(1):82-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2009.01445.x.

Tubercular pyomyositis in a case of rheumatoid arthritis being treated with infliximab

Pooja Khosla  1 , Neha Aroaa, Sunil Jain
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Case Reports

Tubercular pyomyositis in a case of rheumatoid arthritis being treated with infliximab

Pooja Khosla et al. Int J Rheum Dis. .

Abstract

A 55-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis having 4 months previously received two doses of infliximab, presented with fever, hypotension and swelling of right thigh posterolaterally. CT-guided aspiration was performed from the right thigh and revealed acid-fast bacilli (AFB) +++ and mycobacterial culture grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The patient improved on anti-tubercular treatment.

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