Successful Treatment of Pediatric FIRES With Anakinra

Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Jan:114:60-61. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.10.009. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

Authors

Jennifer H Yang¹, Shilpa Nataraj², Shifteh Sattar³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Child Neurology, University of California San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California.
² University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California.
³ Division of Child Neurology, University of California San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33227629
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.10.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Anakinra; Epilepsy; FIRES; Febrile illness-related epilepsy syndrome; Refractory epilepsy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antirheumatic Agents / administration & dosage
Antirheumatic Agents / pharmacology*
Child
Drug Resistant Epilepsy / diagnosis
Drug Resistant Epilepsy / drug therapy*
Electroencephalography
Epileptic Syndromes / diagnosis
Epileptic Syndromes / drug therapy*
Epileptic Syndromes / etiology
Female
Fever / complications
Humans
Infections / complications
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / administration & dosage
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / pharmacology*
Status Epilepticus / diagnosis
Status Epilepticus / drug therapy*

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein