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Vol. 27. Issue 6.
Pages 365-367 (January 2004)
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Vol. 27. Issue 6.
Pages 365-367 (January 2004)
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Candidiasis sistémica y tratamiento con infliximab
Systemic candidiasis and infliximab therapy
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A. Belda, J. Hinojosa
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Correspondencia: Dr. J. Hinojosa. Unidad de Aparato Digestivo. Servicio de Medicina Interna. Avda. Ramón i Cajal, s/n. 46520 Sagunto. Valencia. España.
, B. Serra, L. García, C. Merino, A. Belda, J.R. Molés
Unidad de Aparato Digestivo. Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital de Sagunto. Sagunto. Valencia. España
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El uso del infliximab en pacientes con enfermedad de Crohn luminal o fistulizante refractaria al tratamiento médico (esteroides e inmunomoduladores) está cada vez más extendido. Aunque la incidencia de infecciones graves en los enfermos tratados con infliximab no es superior a la de los controles, se han descrito de forma anecdótica infecciones fúngicas sistémicas en pacientes en tratamiento con este anticuerpo. Aportamos un caso de candidiasis sistémica en una paciente con enfermedad de Crohn refractaria a la que se trató con infliximab asociado a su tratamiento con corticoides y azatioprina, y comentamos el papel que el infliximab pudo tener en el desarrollo de esta complicación.

The use of infliximab in patients with luminal or fistulizing Crohn's disease refractory to medical treatment (steroids and immunomodulatory drugs) is increasingly widespread. Although the incidence of serious infections in patients undergoing infliximab treatment is not higher than that of controls, systemic fungal infections in patients treated with this antibody have been anecdotally described. We report a case of systemic candidiasis in a patient with refractory Crohn's disease who was treated with infliximab associated with corticosteroids and azathioprine and discuss the role that infliximab could have played in the development of this complication.

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