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Case Reports
. 1990 Dec;61(6):379-80.
doi: 10.1007/BF01738554.

Improvement of pneumonia and arthritis in Felty's syndrome by treatment with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)

A S Lübbe  1 , N Schwella, H Riess, D Huhn
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Case Reports

Improvement of pneumonia and arthritis in Felty's syndrome by treatment with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)

A S Lübbe et al. Blut. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

A 63-year old man with Felty's syndrome and pneumonia of unknown origin was treated with GM-CSF. Granulocyte counts increased and arthritis-related symptoms improved under GM-CSF. Pneumonia was treated effectively with antibiotics only during or after GM-CSF application. This suggests, that antibiotic-resistant infections can be treated effectively in patients with Felty's syndrome when granulocyte counts are raised by GM-CSF.

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