title: Infliximab in a child with therapy-resistant systemic vasculitis.
abstract: Treatment of systemic vasculitides is usually based on the use of corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs. We describe a 10-year-old girl with systemic vasculitis resistant to immunosuppressive treatment who had a rapid and impressive response to treatment with infliximab.
authors.affiliation: Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Sandra W K
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: de Kort
authors.forename: Marion A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van Rossum
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: ten Cate
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000069285:Infliximab; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D012074:Remission Induction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000069285:Infliximab