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Pneumocystis Pneumonia During Combined Therapy of Infliximab, Corticosteroid, and Azathioprine in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    Soichi Itaba, Tsutomu Iwasa, Yojiro Sadamoto, Toshifumi Nasu & Tadashi Misawa

  2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    Koji Inoue

  3. Department of Chest Surgery, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hidehiko Shimokawa

  4. Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Kazuhiko Nakamura & Ryoichi Takayanagi

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Itaba, S., Iwasa, T., Sadamoto, Y. et al. Pneumocystis Pneumonia During Combined Therapy of Infliximab, Corticosteroid, and Azathioprine in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1438–1441 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9575-5

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