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. 2012 Sep 7;6:286–289. doi: 10.2174/1874312901206010286

Table 3.

Severe Infections and Other Events Occurred After the Treatment with Rituximab and the Prior History. The Heart Attack was Considered Unrelated to the RTX Treatment

Number of Patients Infections - Event Months After RTX-Course Course Number History of Infections Before RTX
2 Pneumonia 1
5
1st
2nd
Abdominal Tb plus atypical pneumonia
Repeated respiratory infections
1 Postoperative wound infection 4 2nd Pneumonias
1 Bacterial bronchitis, ear abscess 1 3rd Bacterial bronchitis
1 Heart attack 8 1st Lung Tuberculosis