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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| author | C. Haeseleer D. Martiny Y. Van Laethem B. Cantinieaux C. Martin |
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| description | 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, Low parasitemia, Non-endemic areas |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9186a91f2c44566a0f08d43ed084d352022-12-22T03:08:32ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122020-02-0191101103Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case reportC. Haeseleer0D. Martiny1Y. Van Laethem2B. Cantinieaux3C. Martin4Department of Hematology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Corresponding author at: Department of Hematology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium; Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, BelgiumDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint- Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Hematology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint- Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BelgiumWe 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, Low parasitemia, Non-endemic areashttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304552 |
| spellingShingle | C. Haeseleer D. Martiny Y. Van Laethem B. Cantinieaux C. Martin Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report |
| title_full | Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report |
| title_short | Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report |
| title_sort | reactivation of plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab a case report |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304552 |
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