PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Seref Olgar
AU  - Turkan Ertugrul
AU  - Omer Devecioglu
AU  - Kemal Nisli
AU  - Rukiye Eker Omeroglu
TI  - Does red-man reaction stimulate macrophage activation syndrome in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
DP  - 2007 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2491--2494
VI  - 34
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/12/2491.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/12/2491.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2007 Dec 01; 34
AB  - Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a major cause of death in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We describe 4 patients who developed MAS during or after vancomycin treatment. Vancomycin should be used with great care in patients with systemic JIA.