Open AccessAnticytokine autoantibodies leading to infection: early recognition, diagnosis and treatment options
Author(s) -
Gabriela Bárcenas-Morales,
Paulina Cortes-Acevedo,
Rainer Döffinger
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current opinion in infectious diseases/current opinion in infectious diseases, with evaluated medline
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1080-7861
pISSN - 0951-7375
DOI - 10.1097/qco.0000000000000561
Subject(s) - medicine , autoantibody , immunology , antibody , neutralizing antibody , rituximab , autoimmunity
The current review gives a concise and updated overview of the relative new field of anticytokine autoantibodies (ACAA) and associated infections with a focus on recent findings regarding clinical manifestions, diagnostic and treatments.