Treatment of HIV-Related Inflammatory Cerebral Cryptococcoma with Adalimumab

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作者
Sitapati, Amy M. [1 ]
Kao, Cynthia L.
Cachay, Edward R.
Masoumi, Homeyra [2 ]
Wallis, Robert S. [3 ]
Mathews, W. Christopher
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Med Ctr, Sch Med, Dept Med, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
[3] Pfizer, New London, CT USA
关键词
MENINGITIS; INFECTION;
D O I
10.1086/649553
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Cryptococcomas have been described in AIDS patients in the setting of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. We report the first case of human immunodeficiency virus-related inflammatory cerebral cryptococcoma to be treated with a recombinant human monoclonal tumor necrosis factor antagonist.
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