Listeria-associated arthritis in a patient undergoing etanercept therapy: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Schett
Georg
G
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. georg.schett@meduniwien.ac.at
Herak
Petra
P
Graninger
Winfried
W
Smolen
Josef S
JS
Aringer
Martin
M
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*
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000068800:Etanercept