Bradford Russell D, Pettit April C, Wright Patty W, Mulligan Mark J, Moreland Larry W, McLain David A, Gnann John W, Bloch Karen C
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):924-7. doi: 10.1086/605498.
We report 3 cases of herpes simplex virus encephalitis in patients receiving tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors for rheumatologic disorders. Although TNF-alpha inhibitors have been reported to increase the risk of other infectious diseases, to our knowledge, an association between anti-TNF-alpha drugs and herpes simplex virus encephalitis has not been previously described.
我们报告了3例在接受肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)抑制剂治疗风湿性疾病的患者中发生单纯疱疹病毒性脑炎的病例。尽管已有报道称TNF-α抑制剂会增加其他传染病的风险,但据我们所知,抗TNF-α药物与单纯疱疹病毒性脑炎之间的关联此前尚未见报道。