Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 273 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutropenia With Tocilizumab Treatment Is Not Associated With Increased Infection Risk In Patients With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Fabrizio De Benedetti¹, Hermine Brunner², Eileen M. Baildam³, Ruben Burgos-Vargas³, Gerd Horneff³, Hans-Iko Huppertz³, Kirsten Minden⁴, Barry L. Myones², Karen Onel⁵, Jianmei Wang⁶, Kamal N. Bharucha⁷, Daniel J. Lovell², Alberto Martini⁸ and Nicolino Ruperto³, ¹IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy, ²PRCSG, Cincinnati, OH, ³PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Children’s University Hospital Charite/German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, ⁶Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁷Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁸Pediatria II, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the phase 3 TENDER trial of tocilizumab (TCZ) in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), decreases in neutrophil count were commonly observed.…
Abstract Number: 1804 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Mycophenolate On the White Blood Cell Count and the Frequency of Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ananta Subedi¹, Hong Fang² and Michelle Petri², ¹Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Leukopenia is a common manifestation of SLE. Addition of immunosuppressive therapy is of concern, in that it could worsen leukopenia; increase the risk of…
Abstract Number: 1461 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Corticosteroid Use In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients On Infliximab: Treatment Implications Based On A REAL-WORLD Canadian Population
Boulos Haraoui¹, Algis V Jovaisas², William G. Bensen³, Rafat Y. Faraawi⁴, John T. Kelsall⁵, Sanjay Dixit⁶, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁷, John S. Sampalis⁷, Francois Nantel⁸, Susan M. Otawa⁹, Allen J. Lehman⁹ and May Shawi¹⁰, ¹Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatologist, KW Musculoskeletal Research Inc., Kitchener, ON, Canada, ⁵Mary Pack Arthritis Centre, Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Medical Affairs, Janssen Canada Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Canadian Rheumatology Association1 recommends that addition of corticosteroids (CS) should be considered only for the shortest period possible in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients…
Abstract Number: 1333 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Predictive Value of CD64 Counts for Infectious Disease in Patients Treated with Tocilizumab On the Infectious Disease Risk Management Cohort (ACT4U-study)
Atsushi Ihata¹, Hiroyuki Hagiyama², Shouhei Nagaoka³, Junichi Obata⁴, Kiyomitsu Miyachi⁵, Hidehiro Yamada⁶, Shunsei Hirohata⁷, Norihiko Koido⁸, Masaomi Yamasaki⁹, Kenichi Miyagi¹⁰, Shigeru Ohno¹¹, Daiga Kishimoto¹, Reikou Watanabe¹, Takeaki Uehara¹², Kaoru Takase¹, Maasa Hama¹, Ryusuke Yoshimi¹, Atsuhisa Ueda¹, Mitsuhiro Takeno¹ and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama-city Bay Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Hikarichuo Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁵Keigu Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁶Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁷Int Med/Rheumatol & Infec Dis, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁸Kawasaki Rheumatism & Internal Medecine Clinic, Kawasaki, ⁹Internal Medicine, St Marianna University, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ¹⁰Miyagi Naika Clinic, Yokohama, ¹¹Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Chigasaki Municipal Hospital, Chigasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: An administration of tocilizumab (TCZ) rapidly suppresses inflammatory markers such as CRP and ESR, which makes the diagnosis of infection difficult. There is a…
Abstract Number: 1179 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms Are Associated with Clinical Outcomes and IgM Responses to Common Pathogens but Not Baseline Disease Activity in Early Inflammatory Arthritis
Carol A. Hitchon¹, Linda Larcombe¹, Neeloffer Mookherjee², Christine A. Peschken³, Marianna M. Newkirk⁴ and Hani S. El-Gabalawy⁵, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Centre for Proteomics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³RR 149G, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D (VitD) exerts immunoregulatory activities of potential importance to rheumatoid arthritis and acts by binding to nuclear vitamin D receptors (VDRs) and regulating…
Abstract Number: 979 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cell-Type Specific Type I Interferon Signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Viral Infection: What Makes the Difference?
Chieko Kyogoku¹, Joachim R. Grün¹, Tobias Alexander², Robert Biesen³, Falk Hiepe⁴, Thomas Häupl³, Andreas Radbruch¹ and Andreas Grützkau¹, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ), an institute of the Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ³department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Med. Klinik m. Sp. Rheumatologie und klin. Immunologie, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Gene expression profiling experiments using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) revealed a crucial role of type I interferon (IFN) in the pathogenesis of systemic…
Abstract Number: 605 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Incidence of Herpes Zoster Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Eliza F. Chakarvarty¹, Kaleb Michaud², Robert S. Katz³ and Frederick Wolfe⁴, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, CA, ²Rheumatology, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁴National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS
Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is the painful reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus infection. The incidence of HZ may be increased in some autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 482 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B-Lymphocyte Count Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Infection in Patients Treated with Rituximab for Auto-Immune Diseases
Ilias Lazarou¹, Axel Finckh², Lara Fischer³, Camillo Ribi³, Joerg Seebach³ and Pierre A. Guerne², ¹University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Immunology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: B-Lymphocyte (B-Ly) depletion therapy with the monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody rituximab (RTX) is widely used in a variety of autoimmune (AI) diseases. The risk of…
Abstract Number: 445 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combination of Intra-Articular Steroid Injection and Infliximab More Effective Than Infliximab in Rapid Radiographic Progression Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized, Open Label, x Ray Reader Blinded Study
Kensuke Kume¹, Kanzo Amano¹, Susumu Yamada¹, Kazuhiko Hatta², Kuniki Amano³, Hiroyuki Ohta⁴ and Noriko Kuwaba⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hiroshima Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Hatta Clinic, Kure, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Sky Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁴Medical Research, hiroshima clinic, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁵Medical Research, Sanki Clinical Link, Hiroshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should aim at full remission. However, recent publications described rapid radiographic progression (RRP) existed despite initial biologics and methotrexate…
Abstract Number: 177 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antibodies to Citrullinated Peptides in Tuberculosis
Isabella Lima¹, Rodrigo Oliveira², Ajax Atta², Samyra Marchi³, Lúcio Barbosa³, Eliana Reis³, Mitermayer G. Reis³ and Mittermayer Santiago⁴, ¹Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, ³Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil, ⁴Brazilian Registry of Spondyloarthritis, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by symmetric polyarthritis, rheumatoid factor positivity (RF) in the majority of patients, and bone erosions shown…
Abstract Number: 178 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Parvovirus B19 Mediated Pure Red Cell Aplasia: A Retrospective Study in 10 Patients and a Review of 123 Cases
Yoann Crabol, Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy in patients with pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) related to human parvovirus B19 (HPV-B19) infection is mainly…
Abstract Number: 2543 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hospitalized Bacterial Infections Among U.S. Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating TNF Antagonist and Newer Biologic Agents
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Shuo Yang², Nivedita M. Patkar³, Lang Chen⁴, Jasvinder A. Singh⁵, Grant W. Cannon⁶, Ted R. Mikuls⁷, Elizabeth S. Delzell⁸, Kenneth G. Saag⁹, Monika M. Safford¹⁰, Scott DuVall¹¹, Kimberly Alexander¹², Pavel Napalkov¹², Aaron Kamauu¹³ and John Baddley¹⁴, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Clinical Immunology/Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Immunology/Rheumatology, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Div Clinical Immun & Rheum, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹²Epidemiology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ¹³Anolinx, Bountiful, UT, ¹⁴Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Risks of hospitalized infections for newer biologic agents have not been well characterized compared to risks for anti-TNF therapy. Purpose: To compare the risk…
Abstract Number: 98 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How to Assess Risks for Pulmonary Infection in Patients Receiving Immunosuppressive Treatment for Rheumatic Diseases? A Report From a Large-Scale Prospective Cohort Study
Hayato Yamazaki¹, Ryoko Sakai¹, Ryuji Koike², Yasunari Miyazaki³, Michi Tanaka¹, Toshihiro Nanki¹, Kaori Watanabe¹, Shinsuke Yasuda⁴, Takashi Kurita⁵, Yuko Kaneko⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka⁷, Yasuhiko Nishioka⁸, Yoshinari Takasaki⁹, Kenji Nagasaka¹⁰, Koichi Amano¹¹, Shigeto Tohma¹², Makoto Dohi¹³, Takahiko Sugihara¹⁴, Haruhito Sugiyama¹⁵, Yasushi Kawaguchi¹⁶, Naohiko Inase¹⁷, Sae Ochi¹⁸, Hiroyuki Hagiyama¹⁹, Nobuyuki Miyasaka²⁰ and Masayoshi Harigai²¹, ¹Department of Pharmacovigilance, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Clinical Research Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Integrated Pulmonology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, ⁵Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ⁶Dept of Internal Medicine, Keio Univ School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁸Department of Respiratory Medicine & Rheumotology, The Univeristy of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan, ⁹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Ome, Japan, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ¹²Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan, ¹³Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁶Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁷Dept of Integrated Pulmonology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama-city Bay Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ²⁰Department of Medicine and Rheumatology and Global Center of Excellence Program, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ²¹Dept of Pharmacovigilance, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases given immunosuppressive therapy are susceptible to various types of infections, especially pulmonary infections that affect their vital prognosis. The aim…
Abstract Number: 2452 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated PTPN22 Modulates Toll-Like Receptor-Mediated, Type 1 Interferon-Dependent Innate Immunoregulation
Yaya Wang¹, Stephanie Stanford², Wenbo Zhou³, Jennifer L. Auger⁴, Genhong Cheng⁵, Amanda Campbell⁶, Fernanda M. Shoyama¹, Henry H. Balfour Jr.⁷, Andrew C. Chan⁸, Bryce A. Binstadt⁴, Nunzio Bottini⁶ and Erik J. Peterson³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Center for Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, ⁷University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, ⁸Immunology, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: A coding polymorphism (C1858T) in PTPN22 is strongly associated with risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases. PTPN22 encodes Lymphoid Phosphatase (Lyp);…
Abstract Number: 2383 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab As Induction and Maintenance Therapies for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study On 80 Patients
Pierre Charles¹, Antoine Néel², Nathalie Tieulié³, Arnaud Hot⁴, Grégory Pugnet⁵, Olivier Decaux⁶, Isabelle Marie⁷, Mehdi Khellaf⁸, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn⁹, Alexandre Karras¹⁰, Jean-Marc Ziza¹¹, Christophe Deligny¹², Colas Tchérakian¹³ and Loic Guillevin¹⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, ²Internal Medicine, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ³CHU Nice, Nice, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Edouard Herriot University Hospital, Lyon, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Toulouse University Hospital, University of Toulouse, INSERM UMR 1027, Toulouse, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, ⁷Service de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, Rouen, France., Rouen, France, ⁸Internal Medicine, Service de médecine interne, Université Paris Est Créteil, AP-HP, Hôpital Mondor Créteil, France, Creteil, France, ⁹Internal Medicine, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France, ¹⁰Nephrology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, APHP, Paris, France, ¹¹Rheumatology, Croix Saint Simon Hospital, Paris, France, ¹²Rhumatologie Et Médecine Interne, Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ¹³Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Rituximab has been shown to induce remission of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Our study was undertaken to 1) describe the clinical response of AAV to…

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