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DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1802668
Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis after Vedolizumab Treatment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Brief Report
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Abstract
Vedolizumab is a humanized anti-α4β7 integrin monoclonal antibody used to treat patients with moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease who are refractory or intolerant to conventional therapy. It has an excellent safety profile in terms of the risk of serious or opportunistic infections primarily due to its gut-selective action. The reported risk of tuberculosis after vedolizumab treatment is considered very low. We report two cases of gastrointestinal tuberculosis in patients on vedolizumab who were tested negative for latent tuberculosis infection screening.
Conference Presentation
This work has not been presented at any conference or meeting.
Ethical Statement
Informed consent was taken from both the patients.
Authors' Contributions
All the authors made substantial contributions to the design of the work. K.V.N. and V.S. drafted the work and N.B. revised it critically for important intellectual content. P.P., R.A., and N.P. contributed in compiling the endoscopy images, and K.V. contributed to the pathology images.
Data Availability Statement
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Publikationsverlauf
Eingereicht: 07. Oktober 2024
Angenommen: 09. Januar 2025
Artikel online veröffentlicht:
06. März 2025
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