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Benralizumab in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis complicated by Staphylococcus aureus sepsis

Kolios, Antonios G A; Lutterotti, Andreas; Kulcsar, Zsolt; Renner, Tobias; Rudiger, Alain; Nilsson, Jakob (2021). Benralizumab in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis complicated by Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. Clinical Immunology, 222:108574.

Abstract

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) is an ANCA-associated small-vessels vasculitis characterized by hypereosinophilia and eosinophilic asthma. EGPA with life-threatening organ involvement, particularly cardiac and central nervous system (CNS), is a medical emergency requiring immediate immunosuppression. We describe a 58-year-old patient with a history of chronic rhinosinusitis and eosinophilic asthma, who presented with fever, hypereosinophilia and systemic inflammation. Diagnostic workup identified a cardiac mass, CNS vasculitis, CNS embolization and Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures. Due to rapid normalization of blood cultures, the intracardiac mass was not considered as primarily infective. Active EGPA with cardiac and CNS involvement complicated by a secondary S. aureus sepsis was diagnosed. In order not affecting antibacterial immunity in active EGPA, antibiotic therapy was combined with Benralizumab, which was well tolerated and EGPA resolved rapidly. Benralizumab could serve as a therapeutic option for eosinophil-mediated pathologies in severely ill patients where immunosuppressives are initially contraindicated.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Immunology
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Neurology
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Neuroradiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Dermatology Clinic
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Language:English
Date:1 January 2021
Deposited On:04 Sep 2020 15:15
Last Modified:22 Jun 2025 01:36
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1521-6616
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2020.108574
PubMed ID:32805452
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