Guiga A, Khalifa D, Ben Yahia W, El Amri N, Atig A, Ghannouchi N
Department of Internal Medicine, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Department of Rheumatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Case Rep Rheumatol. 2021 Jun 1;2021:9944387. doi: 10.1155/2021/9944387. eCollection 2021.
Q fever is a rare zoonotic infection caused by . Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-) has an important role in the early control of this infection. However, TNF- blockers increase the risk of infectious diseases. We present herein a patient who developed acute Q fever under anti-TNF- who had a good evolution after anti-TNF stoppage and treatment with doxycycline.
Q热是一种由……引起的罕见人畜共患感染。肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)在这种感染的早期控制中起重要作用。然而,TNF-α阻滞剂会增加感染性疾病的风险。我们在此报告一名在使用抗TNF-α治疗期间发生急性Q热的患者,在停用抗TNF-α并使用多西环素治疗后病情好转。