Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with Etanercept

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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Main Authors: A. Guiga, D. Khalifa, W. Ben Yahia, N. El Amri, A. Atig, N. Ghannouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944387
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spelling doaj-39112671c63d4ff196ab8d4e0989be3f2021-06-14T00:17:16ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68972021-01-01202110.1155/2021/9944387Acute Q Fever in an Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis Patient Treated with EtanerceptA. Guiga0D. Khalifa1W. Ben Yahia2N. El Amri3A. Atig4N. Ghannouchi5Department of Internal MedicineDepartment of RheumatologyDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of RheumatologyDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineQ 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
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author A. Guiga
D. Khalifa
W. Ben Yahia
N. El Amri
A. Atig
N. Ghannouchi
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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
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D. Khalifa
W. Ben Yahia
N. El Amri
A. Atig
N. Ghannouchi
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title 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_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_sort acute q fever in an ankylosing spondyloarthritis patient treated with etanercept
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Rheumatology
issn 2090-6897
publishDate 2021-01-01
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.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944387
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