Overwhelming Parasitemia with Plasmodium falciparum Infection in a Patient Receiving Infliximab Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis | Zendy

E. M. Geraghty | Zendy; Bryan Ristow | Zendy; Steven M. Gordon | Zendy; Paul Aronowitz | Zendy

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Overwhelming Parasitemia with Plasmodium falciparum Infection in a Patient Receiving Infliximab Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Author(s) -

E. M. Geraghty,

Bryan Ristow,

Steven M. Gordon,

Paul Aronowitz

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/515402

Subject(s) - medicine , infliximab , rheumatoid arthritis , malaria , parasitemia , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , arthritis , tumor necrosis factor alpha

We describe a 45-year-old woman receiving infliximab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis who developed an overwhelming Plasmodium falciparum infection with cerebral malaria. Physicians should be aware that patients receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, such as infliximab, may be at increased risk of life-threatening malarial infections.

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