[A case of Crohn's disease successfully treated with infliximab without steroid].
A 39-year-old man diagnosed as Crohn's disease suffered steroid induced psycosis during treatment for Crohn's disease on July 2001. He was admitted on May 2002, because of progressing high fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. He was treated with infriximab (5mg/kg) together with mesalazine without steroid. The treatment induced rapid improvement of systematic symptoms together with laboratory data and colonoscopic findings. He kept remission for more than 10 months after a single administration of infliximab (5mg/kg). The case is suggestive of wider indication of infliximab for Crohn' s disease.
Fujise
Takehiro
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School.
Iwakiri
Ryuichi
R
Tsunada
Seiji
S
Morita
Hidesuke
H
Kikkawa
Atsushi
A
Ootani
Akifumi
A
Sakata
Hiroyuki
H
Fujimoto
Kazuma
K