Tropheryma Whipplei infection mimicking giant cell arteritis flare in a patient treated with interleukin-6 receptor blocker tocilizumab

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Mar-Apr;38 Suppl 124(2):245-246. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Authors

Jerome Razanamahery¹, Sebastien Humbert², Helder Gil², Kevin Bouiller³, Nadine Magy-Bertrand²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Besançon, France. jrazanamahery@chu-besancon.fr.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Besançon, France.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Besançon, France.

PMID: 32301419

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / adverse effects*
Diagnosis, Differential
Giant Cell Arteritis
Humans
Receptors, Interleukin-6 / antagonists & inhibitors
Tropheryma*
Whipple Disease / diagnosis*

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Receptors, Interleukin-6
tocilizumab