Rituximab failure in fulminant multicentric HIV/human herpesvirus 8-associated Castleman's disease with multiorgan failure: report of two cases

AIDS. 2008 Aug 20;22(13):1685-7. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f7371f.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Castleman Disease / drug therapy
  • Castleman Disease / virology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • HIV-1*
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human*
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Multiple Organ Failure / drug therapy
  • Multiple Organ Failure / virology*
  • Rituximab
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Rituximab