PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ostör, Andrew J K
AU  - Chilvers, Edwin R
AU  - Somerville, Margaret F
AU  - Lim, Anita Y N
AU  - Lane, Suzanne E
AU  - Crisp, Adrian J
AU  - Scott, David G I
TI  - Pulmonary complications of infliximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
DP  - 2006 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 622--628
VI  - 33
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/33/3/622.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/33/3/622.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2006 Mar 01; 33
AB  - We describe 5 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed pulmonary complications following infliximab therapy; 4 patients had preexisting usual interstitial pneumonia. As the pathophysiology of the pulmonary insult is unknown, we advise caution in the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy in patients with RA with underlying lung disease of sufficient severity to withhold methotrexate treatment.