Table 1

 Reports of opportunistic infection among patients receiving anti-TNFα treatment for RA

CitationDescription of event(s)
Infliximab
De Rosa20Aspergillus fumigatus pneumonia
Cursiefen68Bilateral eyelid molluscum contagiosum
True69Disseminated cryptococcal infection
Maini22Coccidiomycosis
Sawalha70Histoplasma capsulatum panniculitis
Nakelchik71Histoplasmosis
Lee18Histoplasmosis (5)
Wood72Histoplasmosis (2)
Gluck73Listeriosis (2)
Slifman19Listeriosis (8)
Harney74Peptostreptococcal pericarditis
Tai21Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Hage75Pulmonary cryptococcosis
Etanercept
Lee18Histoplasmosis
Wood72Histoplasmosis
Slifman19Listeriosis
Phillips15Mycobacterium avium intracellulare psoas abscess
Chopra76Mycobacterium marinum tenosynovitis
Benz77Necrotising herpetic retinopathy
Smith78Parainfluenza virus type 3 pneumonia
Carter79Soft tissue infection neck—Streptococcus constellatus