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Farm Hosp
January 2025
Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario La Plana, Castellón, España.
Background: Adalimumab biosimilar MSB11022 (Idacio®) has been approved for the same indications as its originator (Humira®), based on findings from clinical trials in plaque psoriasis. Data on its efficacy and safety in inflammatory bowel disease, however, are scarce.
Methods: Retrospective, observational study of 44 patients with inflammatory bowel disease: 30 were treated with originator adalimumab, five were directly started on MSB11022, and nine switched from originator to biosimilar adalimumab.
BMJ Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome and haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) are rare but severe immune-mediated diseases with overlapping clinical manifestations. We present a case of a woman in her late 40s with rheumatoid arthritis who developed DRESS/HLH overlap syndrome after starting hydroxychloroquine and leflunomide therapy. Despite corticosteroid treatment, her condition worsened, necessitating etoposide therapy.
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December 2024
Department of Dermatology and Venerology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Introduction: Rituximab, a CD20 inhibitor, has swiftly become the primary treatment for pemphigus patients.
Aim: We present 3 cases of pemphigus patients who had undergone rituximab treatment.
Material And Methods: After the second intravenous administration of rituximab, the primary rash developed into severe cutaneous drug reactions.
Trop Biomed
December 2024
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. N1 Shangcheng Avenue, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China.
Scrub typhus is an infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is transmitted through bite of chigger mite larvae and presents with symptoms such as fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and a characteristic eschar at the site of mite bites. This report details the case of a woman exhibiting acute febrile illness, bilateral pneumonia, and severe hypoxemia, prompting suspicion of scrub typhus due to the presence of a typical eschar on the pubic mound.
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January 2025
Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY, USA.
Background: Antiepileptics are the mainstay of treatment for seizure management. Immediate and delayed hypersensitivity reactions associated with antiepileptics are common. It is important to differentiate between these reactions as management and prognosis varies.
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