Abstracts tagged "fungal infections"

Abstract Number: 2110 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Invasive Aspergillosis in Rheumatologic Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in Mexico
Guillermo Guaracha-Basañez¹, Carla M. Román-Montes ², María F. González-Lara ² and Alfredo Ponce-de-León ², ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico city, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Fungal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with rheumatic diseases. Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a fungal infection potentially fatal,…
Abstract Number: 2111 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Symptomatic Coccidioidomycosis Infections in Patients on Biologic Therapies
Alexander Peck¹, Ella Starobinska ², Gilbert Ortega ¹, Travis Maestas ¹, Jaclyn Leong ¹, Phan Saligrama ¹, Jawad Bilal ¹ and Dominick Sudano ³, ¹University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AL, ³Banner University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson
Background/Purpose: Studies have shown an increased risk of coccidioidomycosis infection in immunosuppressed patients. However, relationship of coccidioidomycosis infections with different immunosuppressive medication is not well…
Abstract Number: 1230 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Invasive Fungal Infection with Cryptococcal Meningitis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rodrigo Aguila Maldonado¹, Lucila Garcia², Adrian Salas³, Josefina Marcos⁴, Mariana Pera⁵, Pierina Sansinanea², Valeria Arturi⁵, Claudia Elizabeth Pena¹, Amadeo Esposto⁶, Fernanda Ferrer⁶, Virginia Angeletti⁶ and Mercedes Garcia¹, ¹Rheumatology, HIGA General San Martin La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²Rheumatology, HIGA General San Martin La Plata, la plata, Argentina, ³Rheumatology, HIGA General San Martin, La Plata, Argentina, ⁴HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina, ⁵HIGA General San Martin La Plata, la plata, Argentina, ⁶HIGA General San Martín, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder with immunodeficiency associated with the disease itself and immunosuppressive treatment. Infections are very frequent events…
Abstract Number: 2410 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serious Infection Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Patients with Non-Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A US National Cohort Study
Bella Y. Mehta¹, Sofia Pedro², Gulsen Ozen³ and Kaleb Michaud⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Serious infections (SI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are a perpetual concern. We compared the risk by first and recurrent SIs in patients…
Abstract Number: 2205 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Management of Asymptomatic Coccidioidomycosis in Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Dominick Sudano¹, Varun Bhalla², Neil M. Ampel^3,4 and Jeffrey R. Lisse⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Infectious Disease, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Infectious Disease, Southern Arizona Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: In the Southwestern United States, coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) is an endemic fungal infection which typically causes a self-limited pulmonary illness. Immunosuppressed patients, including those…