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Int J Rheum Dis
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Ocrelizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody, which acts as an anti-CD20 antibody. It is used as a treatment of both relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and Progressive types. The aim of this study is to report the first patient with alopecia universalis after switching from rituximab to ocrelizumab.
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December 2024
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Adult reports of unexpected severe disease worsening, often termed "rebound," shortly after discontinuing fingolimod in a subset of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), have grown over the last decade. This phenomenon, however, remains poorly described in pediatric MS patients. We present findings of a 15-year-old who experienced a debilitating relapse 4 weeks after stopping fingolimod to switch to ocrelizumab.
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September 2024
Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Severe SARS-CoV-2 infections may still be observed in people bearing risk factors, such as the use of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), which are adopted in several autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS). COVID-19 diagnosis is routinely based on nasopharyngeal swab testing, but suboptimal sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 detection compared to bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) may lead to misdiagnosis in some cases. Such diagnostic issues were described in a few MS patients receiving anti-CD20 mAbs, including middle-aged people and lacking information on subsequent MS therapeutic management, a debated topic as no evidence-based guidance on de-risking strategies is currently available.
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October 2024
Department of Neurology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
November 2024
Institute of Microbiology - Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a frequent respiratory pathogen, can cause neurological disease manifestations. We here present a case of M. pneumoniae as cause of meningitis and occurrence of an intracranial abscess as a complication of mastoiditis with septic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a patient with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy.
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