Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center

Risk and Impact of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Bullous Pemphigoid Patients Treated With Immunosuppressive Agents

ABSTRACT Severe infection is associated with increased mortality in patients receiving systemic corticosteroid therapy, including those with bullous pemphigoid (BP). Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation represents a highly probable and underrecognized cause of death in immunosuppre...