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Case Report
Refractory Polyarteritis Nodosa Successfully Treated with Infliximab
JAMAL AL-BISHRI, NICOLE le RICHE, and JANET E. POPE ABSTRACT. We describe a woman with severe polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) with visceral involvement unresponsive to multiple immunosuppressive drugs. Infliximab treatment was very effective in this case. Infliximab may potentially be used as an alternative agent for the treatment of patients with PAN refractory to conventional therapy. (J Rheumatol 2005;32:1371-3) Key Indexing Terms: POLYARTERITIS NODOSA From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. J. Al-Bishri, MD; N. le Riche, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Medicine; J.E. Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Address reprint requests to Dr. J.E. Pope, St. Joseph's Health Care London, 268 Grosvenor Street, Box 5777, London, ON N6A 4V2. E-mail:janet.pope@sjhc.london.on.ca Accepted for publication December 20, 2004. |