Aseptic meningitis in a patient taking etanercept for rheumatoid arthritis: a case report

BACKGROUND: We report a case of a 53 year old lady recently commenced on etanercept, an anti-TNF (tumour necrosis factor) therapy for rheumatoid arthritis presenting with confusion, pyrexia and an erythematous rash. CASE PRESENTATION: A lumbar puncture was highly suggestive of bacterial meningitis,...

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Autores principales: Booker, Matthew J, Flint, Julia, Saravana, Shanmugam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-364

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-364

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