%0 Case Reports
%T Necrotizing fasciitis in a patient receiving tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis - Case report.
%A Rosa-Gonçalves D
%A Bernardes M
%A Costa L
%J Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed)
%V 14
%N 3
%D May 2018 0
%M 28041910
暂无%R 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.10.008
%X We present a case of necrotizing fasciitis in a 66-year-old Caucasian woman with rheumatoid arthritis receiving tocilizumab, and provide a review of published cases. The patient exhibited no systemic symptoms and discreet cutaneous inflammatory signals at presentation. She was successfully treated with broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy and surgical debridement.