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Serious infections in patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving anti-tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha therapy: an Australian and New Zealand experience.

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The aim of this study was to examine the Australian/New Zealand experience of serious infections and TB in IBD patients receiving anti‐TNF‐α therapy from 1999–2009.
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Ian C Lawrance, Graham L Radford-Smith, Peter A Bampton, Jane M Andrews, Pok-Kern Tan, Anthony Croft, Richard B Gearry and Timothy H J Florin

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Sepsis, the Liver and the Gut

TL;DR: The gastrointestinal tract has various functions including digestion, the production of hormones with local and systemic effects, a major role in immunological function, and acting as a barrier against antigens within its lumen.

Guías de recomendaciones de prevención de infecciones en pacientes que reciben modificadores de la respuesta biológica

TL;DR: In el presente documento desarrollaremos los agentes mas importantes tales as: anti-TNF, anti-citoquinas, bloqueadores de la senal coestimulada, quimioprofilaxis and vacunacion necesaria ante cada agente in especial para evitar infecciones in this grupo de pacientes.
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Beneficial effects of Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreber subsp. chia (Schreber) and its iridoids on the colitis model: Histopathological and biochemical evidence.

TL;DR: A. chia can be used in cell, tissue, or individual-specific treatments that will be developed in the future treatment of IBD, or as a complementary therapeutic agent that contributes to these treatments.
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Zweiter österreichischer Konsensus zur sicheren Anwendung von anti-TNF-α-Antikörpern bei chronisch-entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen

TL;DR: Da der Konsensusbericht als praktischer Leitfaden fur die sichere Anwendung dieser Substanzen dienen soll, wurden die relevanten Aspekte in einer Checkliste zusammengefasst, die sich in zwei Teile „vor Therapie“ and „wahrend Therapies“ gliedert.
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Real-life burden of adverse reactions to biological therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: a single-centre prospective case series.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the occurrence of spontaneous adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients treated with biologics from a single centre in Southern Italy.
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Maintenance infliximab for Crohn's disease: the ACCENT I randomised trial

TL;DR: Patients with Crohn's disease who respond to an initial dose of infliximab are more likely to be in remission at weeks 30 and 54, to discontinue corticosteroids, and to maintain their response for a longer period of time, if inflIXimab treatment is maintained every 8 weeks.
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Tuberculosis associated with infliximab, a tumor necrosis factor alpha-neutralizing agent

TL;DR: Infliximab is a humanized antibody against tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) that is used in the treatment of Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis but there is no direct evidence of a protective role of TNF- α in patients with tuberculosis.
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Adalimumab for maintenance of clinical response and remission in patients with Crohn's disease: the CHARM trial.

TL;DR: Adalimumab was well-tolerated, with a safety profile consistent with previous experience with the drug, and was significantly more effective than placebo in maintaining remission in moderate to severe CD through 56 weeks.
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