Transient improvement in chronic psoriasis after treatment of TNF-α blocker induced disseminated M. tuberculosis infection.
Improvement in psoriasis after treatment of reactivated latent tuberculosis following initiation of TNF-α inhibitor therapy has yet to be described in the literature. The authors present a case of transient, yet significant, improvement in chronic plaque psoriasis after antibiotic therapy for reactivated TB.
Naval Medical Center San Diego, Department of Dermatology, San Diego, CA 92134, USA. philip.letada@med.navy.mil
Philip R
PR
Letada
Erin
E
Hitchcock
Samuel L
SL
Steele
Douglas
D
Winstanley
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D004338:Drug Combinations; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha