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Dermatomyositis responding to treatment of associated toxoplasmosis
Author(s) -
HARLAND C. C.,
MARSDEN J. R.,
VER S. A.,
ALLEN B. R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb06046.x
Subject(s) - dermatomyositis , pyrimethamine , toxoplasmosis , medicine , etiology , pathogenesis , immunology , dermatology , pathology , chloroquine , malaria
Summary We report a 59‐year‐old woman with severe dermatomyositis in association with high serum toxoplasma antibody titres who was successfully treated with pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine. This case supports an aetiological role for toxoplasmosis in the pathogenosis of some cases of dermatomyositis.