Recurrent Fevers After Infliximab Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis

Gastroenterology. 2016 Jan;150(1):e1-2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.04.048. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Authors

Christopher Ma¹, Richard N Fedorak¹, Brendan P Halloran¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 26627333
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.04.048

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects
Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
Biopsy, Needle
Bone Marrow / pathology
Bronchoscopy / methods
Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
Colitis, Ulcerative / diagnosis
Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy*
Colitis, Ulcerative / immunology*
Disease Progression
Fatal Outcome
Fever / diagnosis
Fever / etiology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Infliximab / adverse effects
Infliximab / therapeutic use*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / etiology*
Male
Radiography, Thoracic / methods
Recurrence
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Sigmoidoscopy / methods

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Infliximab