Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report

We describe a symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in a 29-year-old Guinean man receiving Infliximab for one year and without recent travel. The reactivation of submicroscopic malaria following the inhibition of TNF-alpha by infliximab is suspected. Keywords: Malaria, Infliximab, Reactivation...

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Main Authors: C. Haeseleer, D. Martiny, Y. Van Laethem, B. Cantinieaux, C. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304552