Disseminated Salmonella paratyphi infection in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with infliximab

Disseminated Mycobacterium marinum infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving infliximab therapy.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors are important adjunctive therapies for rheumatologic diseases. These agents increase the risk for granulomatous disease. We present a case of a woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis on infliximab who developed multiple nodular skin lesions. Biopsies grew Mycobacterium marinum. New lesions developed through therapy, necessitating surgical debulking.

Severe Parkinson's disease in rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with infliximab.

SIR, Infections are the most common adverse events associated with the use of tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and neurological complications are far less common. Nevertheless, the review of the Adverse Events Reporting System of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed a number of neurological events suggestive of demyelination that occurred duri...

[Pregnant patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate and infliximab].

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors have become an established therapeutic regimen for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Regarding their harmful potential they are classified as category B medications. Animal reproduction studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMA...

Atypical cutaneous tuberculosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab.

Sir, Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) agents, such as infliximab, adalimumab and etanercept, are remarkably effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Crohn's disease and psoriasis vulgaris (1–4). Recent case reports have described the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa (5) and acne conglobata (6) with infliximab. Regardless of the dramatic improvement in symptoms, it ...

Infliximab induced chilblain lupus in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.