Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report

C. Haeseleer; D. Martiny; Y. Van Laethem; B. Cantinieaux; C. Martin

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Feb 2020)

Reactivation of Plasmodium infection during a treatment with infliximab: A case report

C. Haeseleer,
D. Martiny,
Y. Van Laethem,
B. Cantinieaux,
C. Martin

Affiliations

C. Haeseleer: Department of Hematology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Corresponding author at: Department of Hematology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium
D. Martiny: Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium; Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium
Y. Van Laethem: Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint- Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
B. Cantinieaux: Department of Hematology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles – Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium
C. Martin: Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint- Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 91
pp. 101 – 103

Abstract

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We describe a symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in a 29-year-old Guinean man receiving Infliximab for one year and without recent travel. The reactivation of submicroscopic malaria following the inhibition of TNF-alpha by infliximab is suspected. Keywords: Malaria, Infliximab, Reactivation, Low parasitemia, Non-endemic areas

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-infectious-diseases/

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