Case Report: Unusual Cause of Fever in Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Infliximab

INTRODUCTION: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at high risk for opportunistic infections, and fungal infections are relatively uncommon among various infections. CASE: This case is the first reported ulcerative colitis accompanied with Cryptococcus neoformans infection after infliximab t...

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Autores principales: Sha, Sumei, Shi, Haitao, Wu, Jie, Zhang, Ming, Qin, Bin, Yang, Longbao, Liu, Xin
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Publicado: Dove 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10041989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36993990
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S403371
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author Sha, Sumei
Shi, Haitao
Wu, Jie
Zhang, Ming
Qin, Bin
Yang, Longbao
Liu, Xin
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description INTRODUCTION: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at high risk for opportunistic infections, and fungal infections are relatively uncommon among various infections. CASE: This case is the first reported ulcerative colitis accompanied with Cryptococcus neoformans infection after infliximab treatment. In the course of the disease, the patients had a variety of opportunistic infections, including viruses, fungi and bacteria. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of paying continued attention to opportunistic infections for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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spelling pubmed-100419892023-03-28 Case Report: Unusual Cause of Fever in Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Infliximab Sha, Sumei Shi, Haitao Wu, Jie Zhang, Ming Qin, Bin Yang, Longbao Liu, Xin J Inflamm Res Case Report INTRODUCTION: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at high risk for opportunistic infections, and fungal infections are relatively uncommon among various infections. CASE: This case is the first reported ulcerative colitis accompanied with Cryptococcus neoformans infection after infliximab treatment. In the course of the disease, the patients had a variety of opportunistic infections, including viruses, fungi and bacteria. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of paying continued attention to opportunistic infections for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Dove 2023-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10041989/ /pubmed/36993990 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S403371 Text en © 2023 Sha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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title_sort case report: unusual cause of fever in ulcerative colitis treated with infliximab
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10041989/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S403371
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