Varicella zoster virus encephalopathy in a patient with psoriatic arthritis treated with anti-TNFα agents

Autor:	Kenzo Takahashi, Hiroshi Uezato, Takuya Miyagi, Ryo Yasumura, Naoko Nakasone, Aoi Ohira, Yu-ichi Yamamoto, Sayaka Yamaguchi
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry viruses Encephalopathy Varicella zoster virus virus diseases Dermatology medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Virology Virus Infliximab Psoriatic arthritis medicine Adalimumab Tumor necrosis factor alpha business medicine.drug
Zdroj:	European Journal of Dermatology. 24:398-399
ISSN:	1952-4013 1167-1122
DOI:	10.1684/ejd.2014.2331
Popis:	Anti-TNFα agents can favor the development of opportunistic infections with rare pathogens more frequently compared to conventional anti-psoriatic drugs. We report a patient with psoriatic arthritis who developed severe varicella-zoster virus (VZV) encephalopathy after 11 administrations of adalimumab, resulting in permanent higher-brain dysfunction.A 40-year-old Japanese man had been suffering from severe psoriatic arthritis since the age of 22. He was treated with a combination of infliximab and [...]
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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