A case of Whipple's disease mimicking auto-inflammatory disease and revealed by severe right cardiac failure under anakinra

Joint Bone Spine. 2020 Jul;87(4):365-366. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2019.11.004. Epub 2019 Dec 3.

Authors

Pauline Brevet¹, Pascal Rottenberg², Catherine Viacroze³, Dominique Schleifer³, Thierry Lequerre², Olivier Vittecoq²

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology department, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76000 Rouen, France. Electronic address: pauline.brevet@gmail.com.
² Rheumatology department, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76000 Rouen, France.
³ Pneumology department, CHU de Rouen, 147, rue de Clairière, 76230 Bois-Guillaume, France.

PMID: 31809808
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2019.11.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Anakinra; Anti-IL-1RA; Pulmonary hypertension; Right cardiac failure; Whipple disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / drug therapy
Humans
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
Whipple Disease* / diagnosis
Whipple Disease* / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein