Successful Methotrexate Treatment of Chronic Chikungunya Arthritis

J Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Apr;26(3):119-124. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000943.

Authors

J Kennedy Amaral¹, Clifton O Bingham 3rd², Robert T Schoen³

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
² Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

PMID: 30520824
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000943

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
Arthritis / diagnosis
Arthritis / drug therapy*
Arthritis / virology
Brazil
Chikungunya Fever / diagnosis
Chikungunya Fever / drug therapy*
Chikungunya virus
Female
Humans
Male
Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Methotrexate