%0 Journal Article
%T Editor's choice: Clofazimine Enteropathy: A Rare and Underrecognized Complication of Mycobacterial Therapy
%A Baharak Moshiree
%A Joseph D. Rosenblatt
%A Lilian Abbo
%A Michele I. Morris
%A Monica T. Garcia-Buitrago
%A Winnie Szeto
%J Archive of "Open Forum Infectious Diseases".
%D 2016
%R 10.1093/ofid/ofw004
%X Clofazimine-induced crystal-storing histiocytosis is a rare complication of treatment previously reported in dermatology literature as a complication of leprosy therapy. We report a case of disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus requiring treatment with high-dose oral clofazimine resulting in enteropathy in a patient who presented with abdominal pain, malnutrition, and melena
%K clofazimine
%K clofazimine-induced enteropathy
%K crystal storing histiocytosis enteropathy
%K Mycobacterium abscessus
%K petechial hemorrhage
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084711/