Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 1561 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Lymphocyte Depletion Therapy with Rituximab in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Indications , Effectiveness and Ultrasonographic Response
Francesco Ferro, Nicoletta Luciano, Elena Elefante, Maurizio Mazzantini, Marta Mosca and Chiara Baldini, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Aim of this study was to assess indications, effectiveness, clinical and ultrasonographic response to rituximab (RTX) therapy in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), focusing in…
Abstract Number: 745 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prolonged Remission and Influence on Damage Accrual and Infection for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multi-Center Cohort Study from China
Ziqian Wang¹, Jiuliang ZHAO², Yanhong Wang³, Mengtao Li⁴ and Xiaofeng Zeng⁵, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China, Beijing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics (YW), Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁵Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Prolonged Remission and Influence on Damage Accrual and Infection for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Multi-center Cohort Study from ChinaZiqian Wang1, Jiuliang Zhao1, Yanhong…
Abstract Number: 1611 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hospitalizations for Serious Infections in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients: Data from the National Inpatient Sample 2000-2014
Paras Karmacharya¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Dilli Poudel³, Pragya Shrestha⁴ and Kerry Wright⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health System, WEST READING, PA, ⁴Internal medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health System, West Reading, PA, ⁵Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Increased risk of infections has been recognized in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) compared to those without PsA. Immunomodulatory effects of PsA, immunosuppressive therapies…
Abstract Number: 769 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Herpes Zoster in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Hanan Al Rayes¹, Nicole Anderson², Dennisse Bonilla², Jiandong Su² and Zahi Touma², ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) commonly observed in the elderly and in immune-compromised patients. The prevalence of HZ is 3.6-19.9% in previously reported data. The higher…
Abstract Number: 1883 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infections Are Associated With Increased Risk of Giant Cell Arteritis – a Population-Based Case-Control Study From Southern Sweden
Pavlos Stamatis¹, Aleksandra Turkiewicz², Martin Englund², Goran Jönsson³, Jan-Åke Nilsson⁴, Carl Turesson⁵ and Aladdin Mohammad⁶, ¹Clinical Sciences, Rheumatology Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Clinical Sciences Lund, Department of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have implicated infections as a risk factor for giant cell arteritis (GCA). The purpose of this study was to investigate the association…
Abstract Number: 772 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytomegaloviral or Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia Increases Mortality Rate in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Pulmonary Hemorrhage: Evidence from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Analysis
Chien-Chih Lai, Yi-Syuan Sun and De-Feng Huang, Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Taipei City, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the role of cytomegaloviral or Pneumocystic jiroveci pneumonia (CMV/PJP) in SLE patients with pulmonary hemorrhage (PH).Methods: We retrospectively examined hospital records for…
Abstract Number: 2142 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exposure to Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs during Pregnancy in Women with Inflammatory Arthritis and the Risk of Serious Maternal Infection: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Mary A. De Vera^1,2,3, Nicole W. Tsao^1,2,3, Eric C. Sayre² and Alyssa Howren^1,2,3, ¹Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ³Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Infection risk is one of the concerns regarding therapy with conventional disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) and to our knowledge no research has examined…
Abstract Number: 784 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Infections in Patients with SLE
Pablo Castaño-Gonzalez¹, Mauricio Restrepo-Escobar^1,2, Laura Morales-Maya¹, Tomás Urrego¹, Simon Sandoval-Alvares¹, Carlos Horacio Muñoz^1,3, Adriana L Vanegas^1,3, Daniel Jaramillo^1,4, Gloria Vasquez¹ and Luis Gonzalez-Naranjo¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, ²Hospital Universitario Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin, Colombia, ³Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación, Medellín, Colombia, ⁴Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación, Medellin, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE have an increased risk of serious infections, including nosocomial infections, which are associated with potentially modifiable adverse outcomes. Our objective is…
Abstract Number: 2450 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prosthetic Joint Infection in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
John Fredy Jaramillo Gallego¹, Aurelia Luissi¹, Marina Scolnik², Javier Rosa¹ and Enrique R Soriano², ¹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service. Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires. Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been shown to have an increased susceptibility to the development of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) after Total Hip…
Abstract Number: 942 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Serious Infections in Tocilizumab Versus TNF Inhibitor Initiators in Patients with RA: A Multi-Database Cohort Study
Ajinkya Pawar¹, Rishi J. Desai², Daniel Solomon¹, Sara Gale³, Min Bao⁴, Khaled Sarsour³, Sebastian Schneeweiss¹ and Seoyoung C. Kim¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconimics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Roche Innovation Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While biologics are known to be associated with risk of serious infections, data on head-to-head comparison of different biologic drugs for the risk of…
Abstract Number: 2453 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Staphylococcus Aureus Carriage Rates Are High in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on Biologics
Susan M. Goodman¹, Bo Shopsin², Allina A. Nocon¹, Andy O. Miller³, Michael W. Henry³, Sarah E. Grond¹, Elianna Kaplowitz¹, Thomas P. Sculco⁴, Linda A. Russell³, Laura T. Donlin⁵, Mark P. Figgie⁴ and Peter K. Sculco⁴, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Medicine and Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program and the David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of surgical site infection than patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Disease modifying therapy is widely used…
Abstract Number: 1220 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Gender on the Clinical Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Patients with Native Joint Septic Arthritis
Lior Nissim¹, Mary Louise Fowler², Robert Shmerling³, Sarah Lieber⁴, Mohammad Naffaa⁵ and Ziv Paz^4,5, ¹Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel
Background/Purpose: Approximately 20,000 cases of septic arthritis (SA) occur in the United States each year with 2-10 cases per 100,000 person-years in the general population.…
Abstract Number: 2502 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of the Treatment with Biologic Agents in the Viremia By the Endogenous Anelovirus Torque Teno Virus in Patients with Chronic Arthritis
Maria Martin-Lopez¹, Eliseo Albert², Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz³, Isidoro Gonzalez-Alvaro⁴, Mario Fernandez-Ruiz⁵, Jose M. Aguado⁵, David Navarro² and Jose L. Pablos⁶, ¹Rheumatology Department, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Microbiology, Instituto de Investigación INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico, Valencia, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Spain, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Torque teno virus (TTV) is an endogenous anellovirus that is highly prevalent in adult healthy subjects (up to 90%) without known pathogenicity. Increased replication…
Abstract Number: 1221 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serologic Screening for Coccidioidomycosis Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Rheumatic Diseases on Biologic Response Modifiers, Corticosteroids, and Dmards
Shubha Kollampare¹, C. Kent Kwoh^1,2, Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic³, Lili Zhou^2,4, Erin L. Ashbeck² and Dominick Sudano¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ³Department of Pharmacy, Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, TUCSON, AZ, ⁴College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: The 2016 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines recommend serologic screening for coccidioidomycosis (Cocci) prior to initiation of biologic response modifiers (BRMs). Current…
Abstract Number: 2614 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Secukinumab on the Immunogenicity of Influenza Vaccine in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Ori Elkayam¹, Devy Zisman², Ilana Kaufman³, Uri Arad⁴, Mark Berman⁵, Victoria Furer⁶, Yael Lahat¹, Or Carmi¹, Amir Haddad⁷, Muna Elias⁷, Daphna Paran¹ and Michal Mandelbaum⁸, ¹Department of rheumatology, Tel Aviv medical center and the Sackler Faculty of medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Technion, Rheumatology Unit Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁷Rheumatology Unit Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁸Sheba medical center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: The humoral response to vaccination may be affected by the use of immunosuppressive drugs. The effect of secukinumab on the humoral response of vaccines…

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