Enteroviral meningoencephalitis after anti-CD20 (rituximab) treatment.

Quartier, Pierre; Tournilhac, Olivier; Archimbaud, Christine; Lazaro, Leila; Chaleteix, Carine; Millet, Pascale; Peigue-Lafeuille, Hélène; Blanche, Stéphane et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2003

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Treatment with the chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab induces rapid and long-lasting depletion of circulating B cells. We report the occurrence of enteroviral meningoencephalitis following rituximab therapy in 1 child with immune thrombocytopenia and in 1 adult patient with relapsed B cell lymphoma.

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