Alopecia Areata And Relapsing Polychondritis Or Mosaic Autoimmunity? The First Experience Of Co-Trimoxazole Treatment
August 2003
in “
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
”
TLDR Co-trimoxazole successfully treated a girl with multiple autoimmune symptoms.
A 13-year-old girl with auricular chondritis, recurrent chest pain, arthritis, bronchitis, conjunctivitis, steroid-resistant alopecia areata, and recurrent tonsillitis was considered for diagnoses of mosaic autoimmunity and relapsing polychondritis. She was successfully treated with co-trimoxazole, an antibiotic with immunomodulatory properties, highlighting its potential significance in treating autoimmune diseases.
