Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 2055 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Hepatitis a Vaccine Doses Among Adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Crohn’s Disease on Immunosuppressive Therapy: A Pilot Study
Racheal Githumbi¹, Susan Kuhn¹, Carla Osiowy², Jennifer DeBruyn¹, Marvin Fritzler¹, Nicole Johnson¹, Otto G Vanderkooi¹ and Heinrike Schmeling¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnepig, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are now controlled using immunosuppressive medications. However, disease control comes at the risk of increased infection.…
Abstract Number: 2387 • ACR Convergence 2023
Large Vessel Involvement and the Risk of Severe Infections in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis – a Population-based Study
Nazanin Naderi¹, Aladdin Mohammad², Karin Wadström³, Ulf Bergström³ and Carl Turesson³, ¹Lund University, Kristiandstad, Sweden, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Manifestations of giant cell arteritis (GCA) include large vessel involvement (LVI) of the aorta and its branches. Aortic aneuryms are more common compared to…
Abstract Number: 001 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Serious Infections Among Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Pediatric Health Information System
Jordan Roberts, Anna Faino, Mersine Bryan, Jonathan Cogen and Esi Morgan, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: High rates of serious infection have beenreported in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE), but modern care practices including pneumococcal vaccination, changing corticosteroid use, and…
Abstract Number: 092 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Procalcitonin Levels in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis Compared to Healthy Controls
Christopher Costin¹, Gabrielle Morgan², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Amer Khojah⁴, Marisa Klein-Gitelman¹, Yvonne Lee⁵ and Lauren Pachman⁶, ¹Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients with JDM are at increased risk of infection due to increased aspiration risk and immunosuppression. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker of infection, that…
Abstract Number: 136 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Incidence and Disease Burden of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis After Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions in the COVID-19 Era: A Nationwide Observational Study in Korea
Je Hee Shin¹, Jung Yoon Pyo², Minkyung Han³, Myeongjee Lee³, Sung Min Lim¹, Jee Yeon Baek¹, Ji Young Lee¹, Ji-Man Kang¹, InKyung Jung³ and Jong Gyun Ahn¹, ¹Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Several countries have implemented non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We investigated the impact of NPIs on the incidence of…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2022
Innovative Anti-pneumococcal Vaccine Strategies versus Standard Vaccination Regimen in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitides Receiving Rituximab Therapy: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (PNEUMOVAS)
Benjamin Terrier¹, Laura Richert², Grégory Pugnet³, Olivier Aumaitre⁴, Olivier Moranne⁵, Elisabeth Diot⁶, Alexandre Karras⁷, Fabrice Bonnet⁸, Claire De Moreuil⁹, Eric Hachulla¹⁰, Thomas Le Gallou¹¹, Céline Lebas¹⁰, Francois Maurier¹², Cédric Rafat⁷, Maxime Samson¹³, Jean-Francois Augusto¹⁴, Grégoire Couvrat-Devergne¹⁵, Cécile Janssen¹⁶, Thierry Martin¹⁷, Thomas Quemeneur¹⁸, Pierre-Louis Caron¹⁹, Cécile-Audrey Durel²⁰, Khalil El Karoui⁷, Aurélie Grados²¹, Mathieu Puyade²², Virginie Rieu⁴, Yurdagul Uzunhan²³, Jean-Francois Viallard⁸, Xavier Puéchal⁷, Loic Guillevin⁷, Noémie Huchet⁸, Hendy Abdoul⁷, Carine Bellera⁸, Frédéric Batteux⁷ and Odile Launay⁷, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²EUCLID, Bordeaux, France, ³CHU, Toulouse, France, ⁴CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁵CHU, Nimes, France, ⁶CHU, Tours, France, ⁷CHU, Paris, France, ⁸CHU, Bordeaux, France, ⁹CHU, Brest, France, ¹⁰CHU, Lille, France, ¹¹CHU, Rennes, France, ¹²CH, Metz, France, ¹³CHU, Dijon, France, ¹⁴CHU, Angers, France, ¹⁵CH, La Roche sur Yon, France, ¹⁶CH, Annecy, France, ¹⁷CHU, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁸CH, Valenciennes, France, ¹⁹CHU, Grenoble, France, ²⁰CHU, Lyon, France, ²¹CH, Niot, France, ²²CHU, Poitiers, France, ²³CHU, Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: Patients receiving glucocorticoids plus rituximab (RTX) show an increased risk of infection, especially invasive pneumococcal infections. Vaccine responses to influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2…
Abstract Number: 0539 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cardiac Complications, Thrombosis, Infections and All-cause Mortality Among Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Due to Lupus Nephritis in the USRDS 2006-2013 According to SLE Medication Use
Anna Broder¹, Wenzhu B. Mowrey², Kazuki Yoshida³ and Karen Costenbader³, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Medication management strategies in patients with lupus-related end stage kidney disease (ESKD) have not been studied. Our prior work has shown that HCQ may…
Abstract Number: 0939 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pilot Study: A Novel Method for Cervical Health Monitoring in African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Using a Self- Sampling Brush to Assess Cervical HPV Infection and Cervical Cytology
J. Patricia Dhar¹, Heather Walline², Lamia Fathallah³, Susanna Szpunar⁴, Louis Saravolatz⁵, Gil Mor⁶ and Thomas Carey⁷, ¹Ascension St. John Hospital and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Bloomfield Hills, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Ascension St.John Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁴Ascension St. John Hospital, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, ⁵Ascension St John Hospital and Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine (affiliate), Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, ⁶Wayne State University and C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development., Detroit, MI, ⁷University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: A health disparity exists for AA women with SLE who have increased morbidity & mortality from both cervical cancer & SLE. Current cervical cancer…
Abstract Number: 1594 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia and Prophylaxis-Associated Adverse Events Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Yiran Jiang¹, Ali Duarte-Garcia², Mike Putman³ and David Gazeley⁴, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic infection that may affect patients receiving immunosuppression. There are no consensus guidelines for PJP prophylaxis among patients…
Abstract Number: 2275 • ACR Convergence 2022
Three Dose SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Breakthrough COVID-19 During Omicron Wave in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Caoilfhionn Connolly¹, Rachel Wallwork¹, Teresa Po-Yu Chiang¹, Mayan Teles¹, Jennifer Alejo¹, Allan Massie², Ami Shah³, Jemima Albayda¹, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹, Dorry Segev², William Werbel¹ and Julie Paik¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: While SARS-CoV-2 vaccination mitigates the risk of severe COVID-19, vaccinated patients with autoimmune diseases are more susceptible to infection despite vaccination ("breakthrough" COVID-19) and…
Abstract Number: 0720 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk-Benefit Assessment of Primary Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Patents with Rheumatic Diseases Exposed to Rituximab: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Jun Won Park¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Min Jung Kim³, You-Jung Ha⁴, Yun Jong Lee⁴ and Eun Bong Lee¹, ¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical center, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Although previous studies suggested that primary prophylaxis for pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) during rituximab treatment could be beneficial, it is uncertain whether this strategy should…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2022
Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Use in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Treated with Rituximab
Arielle Mendel¹, Hassan Behlouli², Cristiano Moura², Evelyne Vinet¹, Jeffrey Curtis³ and Sasha Bernatsky², ¹McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) prophylaxis is recommended during induction of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) to prevent pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), and may also reduce the risk…
Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interaction of Macrophages and Natural Killer Cells in Pathogenesis of HIV-1-Associated Inflammatory Arthritis
Can Sungur¹, Gao Hongbo¹, Li-ping Yang², Liang Shan¹ and Wayne Yokoyama³, ¹Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a significant life-threatening agent and burden on public health. Lesser studied and understood aspects of HIV infections include HIV-associated…
Abstract Number: 0747 • ACR Convergence 2022
Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine Used as Single Agent May Diminish Breakthrough Infection After COVID-19 Vaccination
Haihui Wang¹ and Andras Perl², ¹Upstate Medical University, Fayetteville, NY, ²SUNY, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppressive medications generally predispose patients to greater risk of serious complications upon COVID-19 infection. This study was initiated to assess whether individual drugs may…
Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among Immunosuppressed Adults in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic Utilizing a Nurse Driven Protocol
Elena Joerns¹, Nagendra Pokala², Dan Wang³, Joan Reisch³, Reuben Arasaratnam³, Bonnie Bermas¹ and Puneet Bajaj³, ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology patients are at risk for severe pneumococcal infections due to their underlying disease and immunosuppressive therapy. Current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guidelines…

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