Serum sickness following rituximab therapy in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris: A case report

<p><br></p><p dir="ltr">Serum sickness, a reaction presenting with a classic triad (fever, rash, myalgia/arthralgia), is considered as a rare adverse event following monoclonal antibodies and specifically following treatment with rituximab. This report describes a c...

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Main Author: Mohamad Y. Khatib (11659459) (author)
Other Authors: Solaiman M. Allafi (14777275) (author), Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453) (author)
Published: 2020
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Summary:<p><br></p><p dir="ltr">Serum sickness, a reaction presenting with a classic triad (fever, rash, myalgia/arthralgia), is considered as a rare adverse event following monoclonal antibodies and specifically following treatment with rituximab. This report describes a case of serum sickness in a newly treated young male patient with rituximab for pemphigus vulgaris.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Clinical Case Reports<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3642" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3642</a></p>