TY - JOUR
KW - Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
KW - Biopsy
KW - Bone Marrow Transplantation
KW - Child
KW - Clofazimine
KW - Duodenal Diseases
KW - Duodenum
KW - Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
KW - Graft vs Host Disease
KW - Humans
KW - Ileal Diseases
KW - Male
AU - Parizhskaya M
AU - Youssef N N
AU - Di Lorenzo C
AU - Goyal R K
AB - <p>Clofazimine, previously used in the treatment of leprosy, is now used for treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, dermatologic disorders, and graft-versus-host disease. An 11-year-old boy developed a severe enteropathy 2 years after initiation of clofazimine treatment for graft-versus-host disease. Clofazimine enteropathy caused by crystal deposition can be life-threatening.</p>
BT - The Journal of pediatrics
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11295724?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2001 Apr
DO - 10.1067/mpd.2001.111327
IS - 4
J2 - J. Pediatr.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Clofazimine, previously used in the treatment of leprosy, is now used for treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, dermatologic disorders, and graft-versus-host disease. An 11-year-old boy developed a severe enteropathy 2 years after initiation of clofazimine treatment for graft-versus-host disease. Clofazimine enteropathy caused by crystal deposition can be life-threatening.</p>
PY - 2001
SP - 574
EP - 6
T2 - The Journal of pediatrics
TI - Clofazimine enteropathy in a pediatric bone marrow transplant recipient.
VL - 138
SN - 0022-3476
ER -