Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on November 18, 2006
Rheumatology 2007 46(1):177-178; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel375
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Histoplasmosis in a child with JRA on low-dose methotrexate
Division of Infectious Diseases and 1Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Correspondence to: A. R. French, MD, PhD, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, One Children's Place, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. E-mail: french_a@kids.wustl.edu
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SIR, Patients receiving immunosuppressive agents are at risk for opportunistic infections (OIs), highlighted by recent reports of tuberculous and fungal infections in patients receiving anti-TNF
therapy. OIs are rare in children receiving low-dose methotrexate, despite its frequent use in the management of rheumatological conditions. We present a case of histoplasmosis in a child with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) receiving low-dose methotrexate.
A 7-yr-old Missouri female presented with diffuse joint complaints and morning stiffness. She had synovitis with decreased range of motion in