Infective endocarditis complicating rituximab (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) treatment in an SLE patient with a past history of Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a case for antibiotic prophylaxis?

Abstract:

:We report a 54 year old female whose successful treatment of cerebral lupus with rituximab was complicated by the development of streptococcus intermedius, on valves damaged by Libman-Sacks endocarditis more than 20 years previously.

journal_name

Clin Rheumatol

journal_title

Clinical rheumatology

authors

Armstrong D,Wright S,McVeigh C,Finch M

doi

10.1007/s10067-005-0031-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-07-01 00:00:00

pages

583-4

issue

4

eissn

0770-3198

issn

1434-9949

journal_volume

25

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