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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304552 |