TB Research

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