Symptomless Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in a Psoriatic Arthritis Patient during Infliximab Therapy

Symptomless Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in a Psoriatic Arthritis Patient during Infliximab Therapy.

Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016 269 Received January 27, 2015, Revised April 9, 2015, Accepted for publication May 11, 2015 Corresponding author: Ikko Kajihara, Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan. Tel: 81-96-373-5233, Fax: 81-96-373-5235, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed u...

Development of Eosinophilic Fasciitis during Infliximab Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis

Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare disorder involving chronic inflammation of the fascia and connective tissue surrounding muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. While its pathogenesis is not entirely understood, this disorder is thought to be autoimmune or allergic in nature. We present here a case of a 59-year-old male who developed peripheral eosinophilia and subsequent eosinophilic fasciiti...

Infliximab in psoriatic arthritis

Severe anaphylactic reaction during the second infusion of infliximab in a patient with psoriatic arthritis.

A 33-yer-old woman with no history of atopy, diagnosed of psoriatic arthritis, received 200 mg I.V. infliximab, with previous oral administration of loratadine and betamethasone, that was well tolerated. Two minutes after a second infusion two weeks later, with the same pretreatment, the patients suffer dyspnea, laryngeal spasm, generalized tremor, vomiting, hypotension, sinusal tachycardia, an...

Infliximab-Induced Aseptic Meningitis during the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis

A 42-year-old Japanese man presented with persistent headache during treatment for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with infliximab. Treatment with infliximab was initiated 3 years before and the psoriatic skin lesions with arthritis were well controlled. However, after 21 doses of infliximab, the skin lesions and joint pain exacerbated and became intractable. Ten days after the dosage of infliximab w...