Whipple's disease unmasked by TNF inhibitor therapy for treatment of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 Jul 2022
Historique:
pmc-release: 21 07 2024
entrez: 21 7 2022
pubmed: 22 7 2022
medline: 26 7 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We report a patient with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed with Whipple's disease following treatment of tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFI) therapy. Whipple's disease should be considered in patients with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis and other unexplained multisystem illness. The TNFI therapy and immunosuppressive therapies can unmask latent Whipple's disease.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35863856
pii: 15/7/e250693
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-250693
pmc: PMC9310182
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors 0

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

Auteurs

Fahad Mohammed (F)

Neuroscience, Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, USA fsm10@duke.edu.

Muhannad Kurtom (M)

Medicine, UNC Health Blue Ridge, Morganton, North Carolina, USA.

Andrew Brant (A)

Pathology, UNC Health Blue Ridge, Morganton, North Carolina, USA.

Rahul Sampath (R)

Infectious Disease, UNC Health Blue Ridge, Morganton, North Carolina, USA.

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