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Infections, including opportunistic infections, are frequently encountered in clinical practice for rheumatic diseases; such infections represent important complications that can affect the prognosis for survival. While steroids, immunosuppressive agents, and other drugs used to treat them increase the risk of infections, the increased incidences of opportunistic infections associated with the use of biologics have recently been posing a grave concern. In the gastrointestinal tract, cytomegalovirus and candida infections are common and can sometimes be fatal; therefore, it is important that the physician engaged in clinical practice for rheumatic diseases endeavor to detect and treat such infections as early as possible and consistently be aware of complications.
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Katakura, K., Migita, K., Ohira, H. (2019). Immunosuppressive Agents and Intestinal Involvement. In: Ohira, H., Migita, K. (eds) Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6524-9_12
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