Hepatitis B reactivation in a chronic hepatitis B surface antigen carrier with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab and low dose methotrexate

Ann Rheum Dis. 2003 Jul;62(7):686-7. doi: 10.1136/ard.62.7.686.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / virology
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / immunology*
  • Hepatitis B virus / physiology*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Infliximab
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Virus Activation*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Infliximab
  • Methotrexate