Large paraspinal abscess as a complication of infliximab therapy in Crohn’s disease

We report a 36-year-old man who developed a large epidural and paraspinal abscess as a complication of infliximab therapy being used for underlying Crohn’s disease. Cultures of the collection grew methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, and treatment consisted of abscess drainage, prolonged i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ case reports 2019-04, Vol.12 (4), p.e227665
Hauptverfasser:	Nithianandan, Nishani, Loftus, Michael J, Johnson, Paul D R, Charles, Patrick G P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscess - diagnostic imaging Abscess - drug therapy Abscess - microbiology Abscess - surgery Abscesses Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Antibodies, Monoclonal Back pain Biological products Case reports Crohn Disease - complications Crohn Disease - drug therapy Crohn's disease Drainage - methods Drug dosages Drug use Epidural Space - diagnostic imaging Epidural Space - microbiology Floxacillin - administration & dosage Floxacillin - therapeutic use Gastrointestinal Agents - adverse effects Gastrointestinal Agents - therapeutic use Humans Immunotherapy Infections Inflammatory bowel disease Infliximab - adverse effects Infliximab - therapeutic use Male Meta-analysis Monoclonal antibodies NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Patients Penicillin Rare Disease Rheumatoid arthritis Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Substance abuse treatment Systematic review TNF inhibitors Treatment Outcome Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
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