Refractory giant cell arteritis on prednisone and tocilizumab: improvement with subsequent tuberculosis reactivation.

Subjects

Subjects :

Aged, 80 and over
Drug Therapy, Combination
Fatal Outcome
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis complications
Giant Cell Arteritis diagnosis
Glucocorticoids therapeutic use
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnosis
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized therapeutic use
Giant Cell Arteritis drug therapy
Prednisone therapeutic use
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary complications

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

1715-3360

Volume :

54

Issue :

4

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie

Publication Type :

Report

Accession number :

31358167

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2018.11.005