TY - JOUR T1 - Necrotizing fasciitis in a patient receiving tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis – Case report JO - Reumatología Clínica T2 - AU - Rosa-Gonçalves,Diana AU - Bernardes,Miguel AU - Costa,Lúcia SN - 1699258X M3 - 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.10.008 DO - 10.1016/j.reuma.2016.10.008 UR - https://www.reumatologiaclinica.org/es-necrotizing-fasciitis-in-patient-receiving-articulo-S1699258X16301528 AB - We present a case of necrotizing fasciitis in a 66-year-old Caucasian woman with rheumatoid arthritis receiving tocilizumab, and provide a review of published cases. The patient exhibited no systemic symptoms and discreet cutaneous inflammatory signals at presentation. She was successfully treated with broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy and surgical debridement. ER -