Increased Risk of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Millie D. Long,
Francis A. Farraye,
Philip N. Okafor,
Christopher Martin,
Robert S. Sandler,
Michael D. Kappelman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
inflammatory bowel diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.932
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1536-4844
pISSN - 1078-0998
DOI - 10.1097/mib.0b013e3182802a9b
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , hazard ratio , ulcerative colitis , cohort , incidence (geometry) , interquartile range , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , crohn's disease , proportional hazards model , rate ratio , relative risk , confidence interval , gastroenterology , disease , physics , optics
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at increased risk for pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP). Our aims were (1) to determine the incidence and relative risk of PCP in IBD and (2) to describe medication exposures in patients with IBD with PCP.
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