Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

R San-Juan, M Fernández-Ruiz - … in Biologic and Targeted Therapies, 2022 - Springer
… ) group published the first case series of rituximab-related PML [41]. … of rituximab therapy,
with current incidence rates estimation ranging from 0.2 to 2.56 per 10,000 exposed patients [42…

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients treated with rituximab: a 20-year review from the Southern Network on Adverse Reactions

CL Bennett, D Focosi, MP Socal, JC Bian… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… issues associated with PML infection developing after rituximab treatment. Since the first
case series report of 52 cases of rituximab-associated PML among patients with non-Hodgkin …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and anti‐CD20 monoclonal antibodies: what do we know after 20 years of rituximab

D Focosi, M Tuccori, F Maggi - Reviews in medical virology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… era, PML was an opportunistic infection almost exclusively diagnosed in AIDS patients.
PML in HIV-negative patients was driven from rarity to clinical mainstream thanks to iatrogenic …

The spectrum of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a practical approach

T Bartsch, T Rempe, F Leypoldt… - European journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
rituximab has also been associated with PML. However, the relative risk for the development
of PML in patients with rituximab treatment for … medication in HIV-negative patients 62. In …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: current insights

M Kartau, JOT Sipilä, E Auvinen… - Degenerative …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… risk of PML are patients with hematological malignancies mostly previously treated with
immunotherapies but also untreated, patients with HIV infection, and patients using monoclonal …

Successful treatment of non-HIV progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: case report and literature review

M Hamaguchi, K Suzuki, H Fujita, T Uzuka… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
… of patients being treated with various monoclonal antibodies, such as natalizumab and
rituximab … 58% for HIV-negative PML patients [20]. In HIV-related PML, highly active antiretroviral …

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in primary immunodeficiencies

J Hadjadj, A Guffroy, C Delavaud, G Taieb… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
… Six patients received immunosuppressive therapy in the year … therapy in 3 cases, rituximab
in 5 cases, anti-TNF-α therapy, … but 1 patient died after a median of 8 months following PML …

[HTML][HTML] Posterior Fossa Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Secondary to Rituximab

M Guduru, VS Bendi, MS Bebawy, D Bande, A Matta - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… fossa PML while on rituximab. She … rituximab were reported in the literature, our case
describes a rare type of PML affecting the posterior fossa in an HIV-negative patient on rituximab

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients with follicular lymphoma treated with bendamustine plus rituximab followed by rituximab maintenance.

F D'Alò, R Malafronte, F Piludu… - British Journal of …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
… This retrospective analysis included 47 patients with high tumour burden FL (… rituximab
maintenance following six cycles of BR induction chemotherapy. All patients were HIV-negative. …

Not a disease of the past: a case series of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the established antiretroviral era

NA Summers, CF Kelley, W Armstrong… - AIDS Research and …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
… polyoma virus named after the patient from whom it was first … natalizumab, efalizumab, and
rituximab. Diagnosis of PML is … -IRIS were performed in HIV-negative patients, there is some …