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Gemella morbillorum bacteremia after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha as acne inversa therapy
Matthias G Vossen1, Klaus B Gattringer, Neda Khalifeh
1Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. heimo.lagler@meduniwien.ac.at
Abstract:
We present a case of fever, brain abscesses, and Gemella morbillorum bacteremia after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) therapy in a 21-year-old acne inversa patient currently taking long-term dapsone. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing such a case. During antimicrobial therapy, the patient developed systemic varicella infection with severe thrombocytopenia.
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