Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept
Q fever is a rare zoonotic infection caused by Coxiella burnetii. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) has an important role in the early control of this infection. However, TNF-α blockers increase the risk of infectious diseases. We present herein a patient who developed acute Q fever under anti-TNF...
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| author | A. Guiga D. Khalifa W. Ben Yahia N. El Amri A. Atig N. Ghannouchi |
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| description | Q fever is a rare zoonotic infection caused by Coxiella burnetii. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) has an important role in the early control of this infection. However, TNF-α blockers increase the risk of infectious diseases. We present herein a patient who developed acute Q fever under anti-TNF-α who had a good evolution after anti-TNF stoppage and treatment with doxycycline. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-39112671c63d4ff196ab8d4e0989be3f2025-02-03T00:58:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972021-01-01202110.1155/2021/99443879944387Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with EtanerceptA. Guiga0D. Khalifa1W. Ben Yahia2N. El Amri3A. Atig4N. Ghannouchi5Department of Internal Medicine, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaDepartment of Rheumatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaDepartment of Rheumatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaQ fever is a rare zoonotic infection caused by Coxiella burnetii. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) has an important role in the early control of this infection. However, TNF-α blockers increase the risk of infectious diseases. We present herein a patient who developed acute Q fever under anti-TNF-α who had a good evolution after anti-TNF stoppage and treatment with doxycycline.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944387 |
| spellingShingle | A. Guiga D. Khalifa W. Ben Yahia N. El Amri A. Atig N. Ghannouchi Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept Case Reports in Rheumatology |
| title | Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept |
| title_full | Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept |
| title_fullStr | Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept |
| title_short | Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept |
| title_sort | acute q fever in an ankylosing spondyloarthritis patient treated with etanercept |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944387 |
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