Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 0264 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Isolated Neutropenia in Outpatients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nouf Alhammadi¹, Murray Urowitz² and Dafna Gladman³, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Leukopenia in SLE is defined as leukocyte count below 4,000/mm3 on two or more occasions according to the ACR criteria and may include a…
Abstract Number: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Is Not Associated with Reduced Influenza Admissions in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Bonnia Liu¹, Victor Yang², Christopher McMaster³, Russell Buchanan⁴, Albert Frauman⁵ and David Liew⁶, ¹Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Macleod, Victoria, Australia, ²Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia, ³Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pascoe Vale South, Victoria, Australia, ⁴Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁶Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is commonly used as a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). HCQ has previously been the subject of…
Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hepatitis B Screening Practices When Prescribing Tocilizumab or Tofacitinib in Real World Practice
Naomi Serling-Boyd¹, Amir Mohareb², Arthur Kim², Emily Hyle² and Zachary Wallace³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation can complicate treatment with immunosuppressive medications. Reactivation risk varies by the status of HBV infection but has been reported…
Abstract Number: 0430 • ACR Convergence 2020
Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection Among Patients Living with Rheumatic Diseases: A Matched Cohort Study from a US Multi-Center Research Network
Kristin D'Silva¹, April Jorge¹, Na Lu², Yuqing Zhang³, Zachary Wallace⁴ and Hyon Choi⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Whether patients living with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) suffer from more severe complications of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection remains unknown.Methods: We conducted…
Abstract Number: 0637 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical and Treatment Features of Rheumatoid Arthritis in HIV-Infected Individuals Followed Longitudinally over Time
Benjamin Naovarat¹, Francis Williams¹ and John Reveille², ¹The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: With the successful treatment of HIV-1 infection with combination anti-retroviral treatment, immune-mediated diseases that were rarely encountered in HIV positive individuals in the pre-treatment…
Abstract Number: 1623 • ACR Convergence 2020
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among Immunosuppressed Adults in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic Utilizing a Nurse Driven Protocol
Elena Joerns¹, Bonnie Bermas², Puneet Bajaj³, Nagendra Pokala¹, Reuben Arasaratnam⁴, Joan Reisch¹ and Dan (Clarie) Wang¹, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²UTSouthwestern.edu, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁴UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology patients are particularly vulnerable to pneumococcal infection due to both their underlying disease and immunosuppressive therapy. Thus, quality improvement metrics include increasing pneumococcal…
Abstract Number: 0452 • ACR Convergence 2020
Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Study of 622 Patients
Tiphaine Lenfant¹, Elizabeth Kirchner², Rula Hajj-ali³, Leonard Calabrese³ and Cassandra Calabrese³, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Rocky River, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) was FDA-approved in 2017 but patients with rheumatic diseases were excluded from initial pivotal trials because of theoretical…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Infection in Rheumatologic Patients on Treatment with Targeted Therapies
Marta González Fernández¹, Orlando Pompei fernández², Joaquín María Belzunegui Otano³, Paula García Escudero¹, Claudia Stoye², Juan Ramón De Dios², Belén Álvarez Rodríguez², Elena Garmendia Sánchez¹, Susana Gil², Ana Ruibal-Escribano⁴, Margarida Vasques Rocha², Francisco García Llorente⁵, César Antonio Egües⁶, Edurne Guerrero⁷ and Jaime Calvo-Alén², ¹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Hospital Alfredo Espinosa, Urduliz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Galdakao, Galdakao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁷Hospital Alto Deba, Arrasate, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS COV 2 pandemic has been an issue which has challenged the health care systems around the world. Rheumatology has been involved in two…
Abstract Number: 1625 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients with Rheumatologic Disease in a Single, Tertiary Medical Center
Zahra Rehman¹, Megan Krause¹, Jessica Newman² and Pooja Bhadbhade¹, ¹The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is rare, but can be fatal among immunocompromised. There is no consensus on indications for PJP prophylaxis in rheumatologic patients.…
Abstract Number: 0455 • ACR Convergence 2020
HLA-B27 and Host Immune Response: Lessons from Reactive Arthritis
Sophie Wojcik¹, Davina Morris², Gillian Fitzgerald³, Steve Ramkissoon⁴, Nigil Haroon² and Robert Inman⁵, ¹UHN, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The natural history of reactive arthritis (ReA) remains poorly understood. Certain patients with ReA will go on to develop a chronic course while others…
Abstract Number: 0771 • ACR Convergence 2020
Factors Associated to Clinical and Radiographic Disease Progression in Patients with Early RA and First-degree Relatives: A 1-year Follow-up
Consuelo Romero-Sanchez¹, Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero², Juliette De Avila³, Gloria Lafaurie⁴, Philipe Chalem Choueka⁵, Cesar Pacheco Tena⁶, Sebastian Giraldo-Q⁷, Jeimmy Andrea Chaparro-Sanabria⁸, Alejandro Ramos-Casallas³, Lorena Chila-M³ and Wilson Bautista-Molano⁹, ¹Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada / Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada /Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ²Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada/ Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ³Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁴Universidad El Bosque, Basic Oral Research Unit – UIBO, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁵Fundacion Instituto de Reumatología Fernando Chalem, Universidad El Rosario, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁶Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, ⁷Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota D.C., Colombia, ⁸Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁹University Hospital Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá and Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoimmunity towards citrullinated peptides driven the hypothesis, in which periodontal disease (PD) is strongly related to the pathogenesis. Given the…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Children with Rheumatic Diseases from Around the Globe
Jonathan Hausmann¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Maggie Larche⁴, Karen Durrant⁵, Rashmi Sinha⁶ and Emily Sirotich⁴, ¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Autoinflammatory Alliance, San Francisco, CA, ⁶SJIA Foundation, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: Children with rheumatic diseases face unknown risks in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are often immunosuppressed due to their underlying disease…
Abstract Number: 0002 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine and Hospitalizations for Viral Infection in the Pre-COVID-19 Era
Cristiano Moura¹, Marina Machado¹, Celline Almeida-Brasil¹, Jeffrey R Curtis², Kevin Winthrop³, Michal Abrahamowicz¹ and Sasha Bernatsky⁴, ¹McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been shown to have antiviral properties and were considered as potential therapeutic options amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Abstract Number: 0456 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reduced Risk of Serious Pneumococcal Infection up to 10 Years After Immunization with 7-valent Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccine in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
Johanna Nagel¹, Göran Jönsson², Jan Åke Nilsson³, Chanchai Manuswin⁴, Martin Englund⁵, Tore Saxne¹, Pierre Geborek¹ and Meliha Kapetanovic¹, ¹Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ²Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Infection Medicine, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University. Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö and Lund, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴Centre of Registers South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aim was to examine the rates of putative pneumococcal infections up to 10 years before and after administration of heptavalent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine…
Abstract Number: 0776 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Influence of Adipokine Profile and Periodontal Infection in Early Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis and First-degree Relatives
Consuelo Romero-Sanchez¹, Juliette De Avila², Jeimmy Andrea Chaparro-Sanabria³, Philipe Chalem Choueka⁴, Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero⁵, Alejandro Ramos-Casallas², Lorena Chila-M² and Wilson Bautista-Molano⁶, ¹Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada / Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada /Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ²Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ³Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁴Fundacion Instituto de Reumatología Fernando Chalem, Universidad El Rosario, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁵Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada/ Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁶University Hospital Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá and Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Early RA (eRA) patients have a significant incidence of periodontal inflammation and overweight/obesity. A similar degree of disease activity, functional disability and health-related quality…

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