A case of refractory pediatric Crohn's disease with a successful treatment by infliximab therapy
- Authors
- Park S.H.; Jeen Y.T.; Chun H.R.; Kim D.I.; Baeck C.W.; Kim Y.S.; Chun H.J.; Lee H.S.; Um S.H.; Choi J.H.; Kim C.D.; Ryu H.S.; Hyun J.H.
- Issue Date
- Oct-2005
- Keywords
- Crohn's disease; Pediatrics; Infliximab
- Citation
- The Korean journal of gastroenterology, v.46, no.4, pp 297 - 301
- Pages
- 5
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- The Korean journal of gastroenterology
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 297
- End Page
- 301
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/20057
- ISSN
- 1598-9992
2233-6869
- Abstract
- Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease which affects mainly children and young adults, and its cause remains unknown so far. Infliximab, a monoclonal antibody to the pivotal cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha, has been approved as a drug for both induction and maintenance therapy for moderately to severely active, or fistula-complicated Crohn's disease. The authors report a 12-year-old male patient diagnosed as Crohn's disease complicated with a perianal fistula, which was refractory to the conventional therapy. After the 0, 2, and 6 week scheduled intravenous infusion of infliximab, the patient reached to clinical remission in both subjective symptoms and objective manifestations. For children or young adults who develop Crohn's disease in a refractory course, infliximab may serve as a drug which leads to a clinical improvement or even to an extent of remission.
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