{"title":"Methotrexate in resistant ENL.","authors":"Bikash R Kar, Ravindra Babu","doi":"10.1489/1544-581X(2004)72<480:MIRE>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is a report of a case of steroid resistant severe Type 2 reaction that was managed with methotrexate and prednisolone. Synergistic action of both the drugs in severe Type 2 reaction make them one of the preferred combinations in the absence of other agents such as thalidomide.</p>","PeriodicalId":14078,"journal":{"name":"International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association","volume":"72 4","pages":"480-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"22","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1489/1544-581X(2004)72<480:MIRE>2.0.CO;2","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This is a report of a case of steroid resistant severe Type 2 reaction that was managed with methotrexate and prednisolone. Synergistic action of both the drugs in severe Type 2 reaction make them one of the preferred combinations in the absence of other agents such as thalidomide.