Abstracts tagged "Infection"

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: 008 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Incidence and Risk Factors of Hypogammaglobulinemia and Infectious Complications Associated with Rituximab Use in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases
Mei-Sing Ong¹, Deborah Rothman ² and Marc Natter ³, ¹Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Springfield, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: B-cell depletion therapy has increasingly been used for the treatment of childhood-onset rheumatic diseases. Previous studies investigating whether rituximab results in increased infections have…
Abstract Number: 069 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Rheumatic Fever in a Tertiary Medical Center – 25 Years of Follow Up
Liora Harel ¹, Gil Amarilyo ² and mohammad hammad saied³, ¹Schneider Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Petah-Tiqva, Israel, ²Schneider Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Kibbutz Magal, Israel, ³Schneider Medical Center, Kaboul village 24963, Israel
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic Fever (RF) occurs after a pharyngeal infection caused by group A-B-hemolytic streptococci.Its principal clinical significance is causing carditis at the acute phase of…
Abstract Number: 138 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Serious Infection Risk in Pediatric Patients with Low Immunoglobulin Levels Following Rituximab Treatment for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) or Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)
Simone Melega ¹, Paul Brogan², Gavin Cleary ³, Aimee Hersh ⁴, Ozgur Kasapcopur ⁵, Satyapal Rangaraj ⁶, Rae Yeung ⁷, Andrew Zeft ⁸, Jennifer Cooper ⁹, Pooneh Pordeli ¹⁰, Petra Kirchner ¹¹ and Patricia Lehane ¹², ¹F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ²UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Utah Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Cerrahpasa, Turkey, ⁶Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁷The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁸The Cleveland Clinic - Center for Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology, Cleveland, Ohio, ⁹University of Colorado, Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, ¹⁰F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Mississauga, Canada, ¹¹F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Birsfelden, Switzerland, ¹²Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Low immunoglobulin (Ig) levels can occur after rituximab treatment, but the clinical significance is not completely understood. Not all patients (pts) who develop low…
Abstract Number: 1374 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Real-World Evidence: Infections Among RA Patients Switching from First Biologic DMARD to Another Treatment in the US
Robin Dore¹, Jenya Antonova ², Huan Huang ³, Lawrence Chang ², Xin Wang ³ and Mark Genovese ⁴, ¹Private practice, Tustin, CA, ²Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, ³IQVIA, Plymouth Meeting, PA, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Infections are common safety events monitored in RA patients.1 ACR guidelines limit the use of live vaccines in patients who are on biologic (b)DMARDs…
Abstract Number: 1515 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Infections in Patients with Active Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated with Ixekizumab in 2 Phase 3 Clinical Trials
Marina Magrey¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán ², Sandra Garces ³, Xenofon Baraliakos ⁴, David Sandoval ³, Jeffrey Lisse ³, Silvia Santisteban ³, David Adams ³, Fangyi Zhao ³ and Robert Inman ⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, The MetroHealth System and School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet-Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, Herne, Germany, ⁵University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ixekizumab (IXE) is a high-affinity monoclonal antibody that selectively targets IL-17A. IL-17 inhibitors have shown efficacy for radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), with IXE currently…
Abstract Number: 1805 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Perioperative Anti-rheumatic Medications Are Not Associated with 30-day Odds of Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Marianne Kerski¹, Peter Boersma ², Eric Miller ³, Ashley Brenner ⁴, Genevieve Melton ⁵ and Anna Shmagel ⁶, ¹University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, ³University of Minnesota, Woodbury, MN, ⁴University of Minnesota Best Practices Integrated Informatics Core (BPIC), Minneapolis, MN, ⁵University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Perioperative management of anti-rheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients undergoing surgery remains controversial. Previous studies produced conflicting results, and data on non-orthopedic surgeries…
Abstract Number: 2095 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Immunosuppressed Inflammatory Arthritis Outpatients
Kieran Murray¹, Candice Low ¹, Francis Young ¹, Anna O'Rourke ¹, Ian Callanan ², Eoin Feeney ¹ and Douglas Veale ³, ¹Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³EULAR Centre For Arthritis And Rheumatic Diseases and The Conway Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The ACR and CDC recommend influenza (“flu”) and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPSV23) vaccination for inflammatory arthritis (IA) patients on immunosuppression. This study aimed to:…
Abstract Number: 2103 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNF Therapy in Patients with HIV Infection
Joanna Marco¹ and Alison Bays ², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection may benefit from the use of anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) therapy in the setting of inflammatory disease,…
Abstract Number: 2107 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of the Management and Prognosis of Pneumonia in Patients with and Those Without Rheumatoid Arthritis Using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination Database
Eishi Uechi¹ and Kiyohide Fushimi ², ¹Tomishiro Central Hospital, Tomigusuku city, Okinawa, Japan, ²Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pneumonia is a common cause of death not only in the general population but also in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In particular, patients…
Abstract Number: 2109 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Are Immunosuppressants a Risk Factor Associated with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Colombian Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? A Case-control Study
Jaime Coral-Enriquez ¹, Mauricio Restrepo ², Gloria Vasquez ³, Carlos H Muñoz-Vahos ⁴, Daniel Jaramillo ⁵, Adriana Vanegas-García ⁴, Ruth Eraso ⁶, Johanna Hernández ⁷, Fabian Jaimes ⁸ and Luis Gonzalez², ¹Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, ²Grupo de Reumatología, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, ³University of Antioquia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, ⁴Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, ⁵Rheumatology unit, Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación, Medellin, Colombia, ⁶Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquia; Pediatric rheumatology unit, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, ⁸Department of Epidemiology, Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, especially in developing countries. Previous studies have…

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