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Listeria-associated arthritis in a patient undergoing etanercept therapy: case report and review of the literature.

Schett G, Herak P, Graninger W, Smolen JS, Aringer M

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. georg.schett@meduniwien.ac.at

Listeriosis can be a cause of infectious arthritis. Here, we present a case of articular listeriosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving treatment with etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor antagonist. We review the literature of articular listeriosis and discuss the role of tumor necrosis factor blockade in precipitating listeriosis.

Published 5 May 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2537-41.
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