Abstract

We documented dramatic responses to infliximab in 4 tuberculous meningitis cases with severe paradoxical reactions after effective antibacterial treatment, despite high-dose steroids. In every instance, infliximab was used as a last resort after all other options were exhausted, resulting in delayed initiation that may have adversely affected patient outcomes.

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Title
Use of Infliximab to Treat Paradoxical Tuberculous Meningitis Reactions
Author
Marais, Ben J 1 ; Cheong, Elaine 2 ; Shelanah Fernando 3 ; Santhosh, Daniel 4 ; Watts, Matthew R 5 ; Berglund, Lucinda J 6 ; Barry, Simone E 7 ; Kotsiou, George 3 ; Headley, Alex P 8 ; Stapledon, Richard A 7 

 The Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity (MBI), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 
 Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia 
 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia 
 Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia 
 The Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity (MBI), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM), Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ICPMR Westmead Hospital, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia 
 The Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity (MBI), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ICPMR Westmead Hospital, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia 
 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia 
 Department of Clinical Immunology/Allergy, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Jan 2021
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171174264
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.