Infliximab for the treatment of disseminated pyoderma gangrenosum associated with ulcerative colitis. Case report and literature review

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_BD02DE37717F
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Infliximab for the treatment of disseminated pyoderma gangrenosum associated with ulcerative colitis. Case report and literature review
Journal
Dermatology
Author(s)
Juillerat  P., Christen-Zach  S., Troillet  F. X., Gallot-Lavallee  S., Pannizzon  R. G., Michetti  P.
ISSN
1421-9832 (Electronic)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Volume
215
Number
3
Pages
245-51
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Abstract
We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who developed an acute disseminated pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) during a severe flare of ulcerative colitis (UC). She was successfully treated with a 3-dose regimen of the anti-tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha antibody infliximab. The literature on the effectiveness of this biological agent was reviewed, including 8 other cases of UC-associated PG and 77 cases of Crohn's-disease-associated PG. This case report and the review of the literature demonstrate that infliximab can be successfully used to treat patients with PG associated with inflammatory bowel diseases.
Keywords
Adult Antibodies, Monoclonal/*therapeutic use Colitis, Ulcerative/*complications Dermatologic Agents/*therapeutic use Female Humans Pyoderma Gangrenosum/*drug therapy/etiology
Pubmed
Web of science
Create date
25/01/2008 17:01
Last modification date
20/08/2019 16:31
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