RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fatal pulmonary <em>Mycobacterium xenopi</em> in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 739
OP 740
DO 10.1136/thx.2005.056952
VO 62
IS 8
A1 Maimon, Nimrod
A1 Brunton, James
A1 Chan, Adrienne K
A1 Marras, Theodore K
YR 2007
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/62/8/739.1.abstract
AB Mycobacterium xenopi is a water-related mycobacterium with low pathogenicity in humans. Little is known about the association between anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)α and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections. The case history is presented of fatal M xenopi infection in a patient receiving anti-TNFα treatment.