Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease

Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha agents are used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Central nervous system infections are rare adverse effects of these medications, and to the best of our knowledge, there are only 2 case reports from the pediatric patient population. We report a case o...

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Autores principales: Rani, Uzma, Rana, Ajay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8270588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34258304
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000624
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description Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha agents are used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Central nervous system infections are rare adverse effects of these medications, and to the best of our knowledge, there are only 2 case reports from the pediatric patient population. We report a case of an 8-year-old patient with Crohn's disease who developed Listeria meningitis while on infliximab.
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spelling pubmed-82705882021-07-12 Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease Rani, Uzma Rana, Ajay ACG Case Rep J Case Report Anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha agents are used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Central nervous system infections are rare adverse effects of these medications, and to the best of our knowledge, there are only 2 case reports from the pediatric patient population. We report a case of an 8-year-old patient with Crohn's disease who developed Listeria meningitis while on infliximab. Wolters Kluwer 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8270588/ /pubmed/34258304 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000624 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease
title Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease
title_full Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease
title_fullStr Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease
title_short Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis After Treatment With Infliximab in an 8-Year-Old Pediatric Patient With Crohn's Disease
title_sort listeria monocytogenes meningitis after treatment with infliximab in an 8-year-old pediatric patient with crohn's disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8270588/
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