Severe sepsis caused by serious gastrointestinal infection in sJIA patients treated with IL-6 receptor antagonist: a case report

• Principais autores: Meng Xu (Autor), Congcong Liu (Autor), Lishuang Guo (Autor), Sirui Yang (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Interleukin (IL)-6 plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). Tocilizumab (TCZ), a kind of biological agent against both membrane and soluble IL-6 receptor, is the only biological agent approved for the treatment of sJIA in China...