The use of monoclonal antibody (Rituximab) in the treatment of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia
Autor: | Rego, Thiago Carlos Gonçalves, Massumoto, Celso Mitsushi, Batista, Rodrigo Siqueira, Moura, Larissa Hanauer de, Soares, Lygia Maria Costa, Gomes, Andréia Patrícia |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.11 n.1 2007 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (BSID) instacron:BSID Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 174-175, Published: FEB 2007 |
Popis: | Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody has been successfully used to treat several self-immune diseases. The authors report the case of a 71 year-old female patient under the use of pegylated form of interferon á associated with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C, who, after concluding the therapeutic program - negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - developed a severe cutaneous vasculitis, receiving the diagnostic of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia. Four sessions of plasmapheresis were prescribed along the period of 11 days, with no result. The choice made was to administer anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab), 375 mg/m², per week, during four consecutive weeks. One could observe fast recovery from the purpura, as well as total remission of urticaria. |
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