Abstracts tagged "epidemiologic methods and infection"

Abstract Number: 961 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Biologic Drug-Levels with Infection Risk: Results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Meghna Jani¹, William G Dixon¹, Mark Lunt¹, Diederik De Cock¹, John Isaacs², Ann Morgan³, Kath Watson¹, Anthony G. Wilson⁴, Anne Barton^5,6 and Kimme L. Hyrich^1,5, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, Great Britain, ⁴UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University Of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: High dose tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) drugs are associated with an increased serious infection (SI) risk[1]. It is feasible that high biologic…

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