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ArticlePharmacy world & science : PWS2006

Bacterial meningitis associated with infliximab.

Raymond Farah, Svetlana Lisitsin, Moshe Shay

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Article in Pharmacy world & science : PWS, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raymond FarahDepartment of Internal Medicine F-Nahariya Hospital, B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Western Galilee Hospital, 21, 22100 Technion, Nahariya, Israel. Raymond.Farah@naharia.health.gov.il
Svetlana Lisitsin
Moshe Shay
Western Galilee Hospital · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report an episode of bacterial meningitis in a 45 year-old woman, who was treated with infliximab for Wegener's granulomatosis. This patient presented with the classic clinical presentation of acute meningitis: the triad of fever, neck stiffness, and an altered mental state that appeared 6 months after the infliximab initiation. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the head showed cerebral edema and Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from blood and CSF cultures. Prompt diagnosis and early treatment improved the outcome of this patient.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBrain EdemaFemaleGranulomatosis with PolyangiitisHumansInfliximabMeningitis, PneumococcalMiddle AgedStreptococcus pneumoniaeTomography, X-Ray ComputedAntibodies, MonoclonalAnti-Inflammatory AgentsInfliximab

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PMID17004022
OpenAlexW2056003570

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