1. A case of opportunistic skin infection with Mycobacterium marinum during adalimumab treatment in a patient with Crohn's disease.
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Kump, Patrizia K., Högenauer, Christoph, Wenzl, Heimo H., and Petritsch, Wolfgang
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MYCOBACTERIUM marinum ,ADALIMUMAB ,CROHN'S disease ,OPPORTUNISTIC infections ,MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis ,TUMOR necrosis factors ,ANTI-infective agents ,ATYPICAL mycobacteria - Abstract
Abstract: Opportunistic infections, especially reactivation with M. tuberculosis, are major complications during treatment with anti-TNF agents. Infections with atypical mycobacteria like Mycobacterium marinum are rare and tend to turn into a difficult and prolonged course due to delayed diagnosis. This is the first case of M. marinum infection during adalimumab therapy in a patient with Crohn''s disease. The most important diagnostic step was a detailed medical history as PCR tested for M. tuberculosis and for atypical subspecies was false negative. Up to now a discontinuation of anti-TNF therapy has been recommended, however, there is no consensus about the reintroduction of biologicals after sufficient anti-infective therapy. In this patient anti-TNF therapy had to be reintroduced because of increasing activity with no relapse of M. marinum after a follow-up of 12months. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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