title: Listeria-associated arthritis in a patient undergoing etanercept therapy: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Listeriosis can be a cause of infectious arthritis. Here, we present a case of articular listeriosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving treatment with etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor antagonist. We review the literature of articular listeriosis and discuss the role of tumor necrosis factor blockade in precipitating listeriosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. georg.schett@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schett
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herak
authors.forename: Winfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Graninger
authors.forename: Josef S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Smolen
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aringer
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000068800:Etanercept; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000068800:Etanercept