Abstracts tagged "Infection"

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…
Abstract Number: 1694 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors Associated with Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Juvenile Myositis in North America
Sara Sabbagh¹, Jessica Neely², Albert Chow³, Marietta DeGuzman⁴, Jamie Lai⁵, Svetlana Lvovich⁶, Tara McGrath⁷, Maria Pereira⁸, Iago Pinal-Fernandez⁹, Jordan Roberts¹⁰, Kelly Rouster-Stevens¹¹, Heinrike Schmeling¹², Anjali Sura¹³, Gabriel Tarshish¹⁴, Lori Tucker¹⁵, Lisa G. Rider¹⁶ and Susan Kim¹⁷, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Fox Point, WI, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Loma Linda University, San Bernardino, CA, ⁴Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ⁵University of Colorado, The Woodlands, TX, ⁶St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁸Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁰Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ¹²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹³Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY, ¹⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ¹⁵BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁶Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ¹⁷UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in adult myositis patients; however, few studies have examined PJP in juvenile myositis…
Abstract Number: 0005 • ACR Convergence 2020
Geographical Variations in COVID-19 Perceptions and Patient Management: A National Survey of Rheumatologists
Bella Mehta¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah², Carol Mancuso³, Anne Bass¹, Carine Moezinia⁴, Allan Gibofsky³, Susan Goodman⁵ and Said Ibrahim⁶, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Weill Cornell Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: To investigate the perceptions and behaviors of rheumatologists in the United States (US) regarding the risk of COVID-19 for their autoimmune patients and the…
Abstract Number: 0520 • ACR Convergence 2020
Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombotic Events in COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in Medicine Ward
Alexandre Le Joncour¹, Corinne Frere¹, Isabelle Martin-Toutain¹, Paul Gougis¹, Pascale Ghillani-Dalbin¹, Georgina Maalouf¹, Matheus Vieira¹, Anne-Genevieve Marcelin¹, Joe-Elie Salem¹, Yves Allenbach², David Saadoun³, Olivier Benveniste⁴ and Patrice Cacoub¹, ¹APHP, paris, France, ²Sorbonne Université, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013, Paris, France, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares et Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares, PAris, France, ⁴Sorbonne Université, paris, France
Background/Purpose: A high prevalence of thrombotic events has been reported in critically ill COVID-19 patients but data on the prevalence of thrombosis in ward patients…
Abstract Number: 0914 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serious Infections in People with Systemic Sclerosis: A National U.S. Study
Jasvinder Singh¹ and John Cleveland¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To study incidence, time-trends and outcomes of serious infections in systemic sclerosis (SSc).Methods: We used the 1998-2016 U.S. National Inpatient Sample data. We examined…
Abstract Number: 1758 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Incidence of Infection and Venous Thromboembolism in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Newly Initiating Various DMARD Classes: Real-World Analysis of 2012–2016 US Medicare Data
Robin Dore¹, Jenya Antonova², Lawrence Chang², Suying Li³, Haifeng Guo³, Yuanyuan Ji³ and Mark Genovese⁴, ¹Private practice, Tustin, CA, ²Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, ³Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: RA patients have an increased risk of infection1 and venous thromboembolism (VTE)2. Although rates of serious infection and VTE have been reported for Medicare…
Abstract Number: 0014 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does the Type of Rheumatic Disease or Biologic Treatment Increase the Risk of Developing Severe COVID-19?
Fernando López-Gutierrez¹, Antía García-Fernández¹, Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Veronica Garcia², Boris Blanco-Cáceres¹, Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Lourdes Villalobos-Sánchez³, Javier Bachiller-Corral¹ and Mónica Vázquez¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) have an increased risk for infection related to immunosuppression secondary to their disease, treatment and comorbidities. Nonetheless recent…

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