Takumi Fujimura, Yohei Yamada, Tomoshige Umeyama, Yumi Kudo, Hiroki Kanamori, Teizaburo Mori, Takahiro Shimizu, Mototoshi Kato, Miho Kawaida, Naoki Hosoe, Yasushi Hasegawa, Kentaro Matsubara, Naoki Shimojima, Masahiro Shinoda, Hideaki Obara, Makoto Naganuma, Yuko Kitagawa, Ken Hoshino, Tatsuo Kuroda
BACKGROUND: Evidence has been published on the successful applications of the anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha antibody infliximab, such as induction therapy, salvage treatment for acute cellular rejection, and treatment for chronic ulcerative inflammation, in intestinal transplant recipients. However, the optimal protocol for the effective use of infliximab remains largely undetermined due to scarcity of available clinical data. We report a continuative application of infliximab as maintenance therapy for recurrent chronic ulcerative ileitis in a recipient of isolated intestinal transplantation (ITx)...
July 6, 2021: World Journal of Clinical Cases