The Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in a Particular Association of Psoriatic Arthritis and Behcet Disease
Anca Emanuela Mușetescu, Alesandra Florescu, Ana Maria Bumbea, Lucian Mihai Florescu, Paulina Lucia Ciurea, A Bondari, Dan Nicolae Florescu, Simona Bondari
Revista de Chimie · 2019-04
Abstract
The current case report presents a patient diagnosed with Behcet disease in concurrence with psoriatic arthritis, leading to a complex treatment, difficult management and challenging approach of both rheumatic disorders. After treatment with synthetic disease-modifying drugs and three different TNF inhibitors, the patient developed pulmonary tuberculosis, followed by tuberculosis spondylodiscitis, even after proper anti-tuberculosis therapy.
MeSH terms
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Medicine
- Behcet's disease
- Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Tumor necrosis factor alpha
- Dermatology
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Arthritis
- Immunology