HEPATITIS AND PNEUMONITIS DURIN ADALIMUMAB THERAPY IN CROHN’ DISEASE: mind the histoplasmosis!

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Bruno Do Valle Pinheiro¹  Áureo De Almeida Delgado¹  Julio Maria Fonseca Chebli¹ 

关键词: Crohn disease;    Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha;    Adalimumab;    Histoplasmosis;    Hepatitis;    Doença de Crohn;    Fator de Necrose Tumoral-alfa;    Adalimumabe;    Histoplasmose;    Hepatite;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-28032014000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Context Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor therapy plays a pivotal role in the management of moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease. Because of the role of TNF-α in the host defenses, anti-TNF therapy has been associated with an increase the risks of granulomatous infections. Objective To report the first case of adalimumab-associated invasive histoplasmosis presenting as an acute hepatitis-like syndrome and febrile pneumonitis in a patient with Crohn’s disease. Method Case report of a patient with progressive histoplasmosis confirmed by percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy lung and urine Histoplasma antigen. Results We present the case of a young man with CD who developed pneumonia and acute hepatitis-like features caused by Histoplasma capsulatum infection during adalimumab therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this acute hepatitis-like manifestation has never been reported as a presentation of the histoplasmosis in patients with Crohn’s disease. Conclusions This case underscores the potential risk for serious infection that may arise in this setting and should alert clinicians to the need to consider the histoplasmosis diagnosis in patients presenting with acute hepatitis-like syndrome associated with prolonged febrile illness or pneumonitis during therapy with anti-TNF-α antibodies.

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