[Anti-PR3 positive inflammatory bowel disease. Description of a case]

Recenti Prog Med. 2009 May;100(5):253-6.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

We descrive the case of a patient with inflammatory bowel disease complicated by erythema nodosum and anti PR3 positivity. The patient was exposed to two different bacteria: salmonellosis was reported in patient history, while Staphylococcus aureus infection was diagnosed during the present hospital stay. Antibiotics and steroids are effective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Autoantigens / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / etiology
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
  • Colon / immunology
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colon, Sigmoid / immunology
  • Colon, Sigmoid / pathology
  • Erythema Nodosum / etiology
  • Erythema Nodosum / immunology*
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / complications
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / immunology*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / microbiology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / pathology
  • Killer Cells, Natural / immunology
  • Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
  • Myeloblastin / immunology*
  • Necrosis
  • Salmonella Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / immunology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / immunology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Autoantigens
  • Myeloblastin