Enteroviral Meningoencephalitis after Anti‐CD20 (Rituximab) Treatment
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- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 36 (3), e47-e49
- https://doi.org/10.1086/345746
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.Keywords
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