一名同时患有艰难梭菌感染的患者发生帕博利珠单抗诱导的免疫介导性结肠炎。
Pembrolizumab-Induced Immune-Mediated Colitis in a Patient with Concurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection.
作者信息
Zhou Cheng, Klionsky Yael, Treasure Michelle E, Bruno Debora S
机构信息
Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
出版信息
Case Rep Oncol. 2019 Feb 8;12(1):164-170. doi: 10.1159/000497155. eCollection 2019 Jan-Apr.
Pembrolizumab is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitor that has been approved for treatment of a wide variety of malignancies. Immune-mediated colitis is a known but uncommon adverse effect of pembrolizumab. Symptoms of immune-mediated colitis can be similar to those of many other gastrointestinal illnesses, including Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). If not recognized and treated in a timely fashion, immune-mediated colitis can lead to significant morbidity in cancer patients. We report the case of a 56-year-old woman on pembrolizumab for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who presented with severe colitis symptoms and initially tested positive for CDI. Her colitis symptoms worsened despite appropriate treatment for CDI but later improved rapidly after systemic corticosteroid was started for suspected immune-mediated colitis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of concurrent pembrolizumab-induced colitis and CDI. Immune-mediated colitis should be considered in the differential diagnoses in patients on pembrolizumab or other immune checkpoint inhibitors who present with colitis symptoms, even when a concurrent infectious etiology is suspected.
帕博利珠单抗是一种程序性死亡受体-1(PD-1)抑制剂,已被批准用于治疗多种恶性肿瘤。免疫介导的结肠炎是帕博利珠单抗已知但不常见的不良反应。免疫介导的结肠炎症状可能与许多其他胃肠道疾病相似,包括艰难梭菌感染(CDI)。如果不能及时识别和治疗,免疫介导的结肠炎会导致癌症患者出现严重的发病情况。我们报告了一例56岁女性患者,她因转移性非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)接受帕博利珠单抗治疗,出现严重的结肠炎症状,最初CDI检测呈阳性。尽管对CDI进行了适当治疗,她的结肠炎症状仍恶化,但在开始使用全身性皮质类固醇治疗疑似免疫介导的结肠炎后,症状迅速改善。据我们所知,这是首例同时出现帕博利珠单抗诱导的结肠炎和CDI的报告病例。对于出现结肠炎症状的接受帕博利珠单抗或其他免疫检查点抑制剂治疗的患者,即使怀疑有并发感染病因,在鉴别诊断中也应考虑免疫介导的结肠炎。