Tuberculosis reactivation at ileum following immune checkpoint inhibition with pembrolizumab for metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report.

Kin-Sang LauBen Man-Fei CheungKa-On LamSum-Yin ChanKa-Ming LamChun-Fai YeungIvan Fan-Ngai HungDora Lai-Wan KwongChi-Chung TongTo-Wai LeungMai-Yee LukAnne Wing-Mui LeeKwok-Keung YuenVictor Ho Fun Lee

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

To date, this is the first gastrointestinal TB reactivation after ICI therapy for cancer. Guidelines to screen for TB before initiation of ICIs in endemic areas should be established.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
pulmonary tuberculosis
squamous cell
high throughput
clinical practice
hiv aids
lymph node metastasis
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected