| Literature DB >> 21484291 |
Hideko Nakahara1, Yosuke Kamide, Yoshimasa Hamano, Takashi Hosokawa, Masayuki Nishide, Yu Lin, Keisuke Kawamoto, Mie Fusama, Shinji Higa, Takashi Kuroiwa, Tsuyoshi Igarashi, Taro Kuritani, Keiji Maeda.
Abstract
A female patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suffered from Mycobacterium avium (M. avium) infection during tocilizumab treatment. Tocilizumab was discontinued and she was treated with a recommended chemotherapy, resulting in improvement of M. avium. Tocilizumab retreatment did not aggravate M. avium infection, and radiographic abnormalities improved over 1 year after cessation of the recommended therapy. Tocilizumab may be one candidate for intractable RA patients with M. avium if any biologic is required.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21484291 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-011-0448-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mod Rheumatol ISSN: 1439-7595 Impact factor: 3.023