Shaikh Aadil Ashraf Ahmed, Boniface Mary Ann, Husain Syed Ammar, Naeem Nida, Husain Syed Arshad
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kings College Hospital London, Dubai, ARE.
Pulmonology Department, Brighton and Sussex National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Brighton, GBR.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 13;16(8):e66807. doi: 10.7759/cureus.66807. eCollection 2024 Aug.
The co-occurrence of active tuberculosis (TB) in patients with moderate to severe asthma presents unique therapeutic challenges, particularly with the advent of biologics like dupilumab, which targets the interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-13 (IL-13) pathways in asthma treatment. Despite the general safety of biologics, concerns about immunosuppression and susceptibility to infections like TB persist. This case report discusses a male with severe, uncontrolled type 2 allergic asthma, who experienced multiple exacerbations despite maximal bronchodilator therapy and then concomitantly developed pulmonary TB. This case demonstrates a potential clinical scenario for co-administering dupilumab with anti-TB treatment, suggesting a beneficial approach for similar clinical scenarios and contributing to the literature on this topic.
中度至重度哮喘患者中同时存在活动性结核病带来了独特的治疗挑战,尤其是随着度普利尤单抗等生物制剂的出现,该药物在哮喘治疗中靶向白细胞介素-4(IL-4)和白细胞介素-13(IL-13)通路。尽管生物制剂总体安全,但对免疫抑制以及易患结核病等感染的担忧依然存在。本病例报告讨论了一名患有严重、未得到控制的2型过敏性哮喘的男性患者,尽管接受了最大剂量的支气管扩张剂治疗仍多次发作,随后并发了肺结核。该病例展示了度普利尤单抗与抗结核治疗联合使用的一种潜在临床情况,为类似临床情况提供了一种有益的方法,并为该主题的文献做出了贡献。