Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 2682 • ACR Convergence 2025
Methotrexate use and higher age impair humoral response against the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Lucas Farias², Nadia Emi Aikawa³, Sandra G Pasoto¹, Leonard V Kupa², Carla Saad¹, Andrea Shimabuco², Karina Bonfiglioli⁴, Diogo Domiciano⁴, Andre Franco⁴, Clovis Artur Silva⁵ and Eloisa Bonfa⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The recombinant vaccine against herpes zoster (HZ) (RZV) is recommended by ACR and EULAR for immunocompromised individuals. Short-term observational data from RA cohorts aged…
Abstract Number: 1747 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of serious infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease or bronchiectasis: A matched cohort study
QIANRU ZHANG¹, Ying Qi², Xiaosong Wang³, Gregory McDermott⁴, Sung Hae Chang⁵, Mark Chaballa⁶, Vadim Khaychuk⁷, Misti Paudel⁸ and Jeffrey Sparks⁹, ¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Cambridge, MA, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Natick, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, MA, South Korea, ⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁷Bristol Myers Squibb, Pennington, NJ, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: RA-associated lung disease (RA-LD), including RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) and RA-associated bronchiectasis (RA-BR), contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in RA patients. RA…
Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2025
Human papillomavirus infection and systemic lupus erythematosus under biologic therapy: a retrospective analysis in a multicenter cohort
Ivette Casafont-Solé¹, Judit Font-Urgelles¹, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa², Andrea Hernández-martín³, Tarek Salman Montes⁴, Marta De la Rubia Navarro⁵, Maria Piqueras García⁶, Sandra Garrote Corral⁷, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL⁸, Elena De la Mata Pinilla⁹, Belén Álvarez Rodríguez¹⁰, Julia Martínez Barrio¹¹, José Gomez-Puerta¹², Paola Vidal-Montal¹³, Eleonora Penzo¹⁴, Consuelo Ramos Giraldez¹⁵, Francisco Javier Novoa¹⁶, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra¹⁷, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil¹⁸, Leyre Riancho¹⁹ and Irene Altabás-González²⁰, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las palmas, Spain, ⁴Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital de La Fe, Valencia, ⁶Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, ¹⁰Hospital de Áraba, áraba, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Servicio de Reumatología, Seville, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ¹⁷Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedés Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, ²⁰Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for 99.7% of cervical neoplasms and is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Patients with systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 0162 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Relevance of Systematic Comorbidity Screening in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
Martin Michaud, Caroline Arlet, Jean Alain Bournazeau, François de Maupeou, Julie Gaston, Stephanie Mermet, Helene Coulier, Marie Oustalet, Christophe Raspaud, Cédric Maurice, Sophie Recipon, Claire Verplancken, Kim Paricaud and Leonardo Astudillo, Clinique Saint Exupery, TOULOUSE, France
Background/Purpose: Chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are associated with an increased prevalence of various comorbidities, which may impact both prognosis and therapeutic strategies. EULAR recommends…
Abstract Number: 2653 • ACR Convergence 2025
First Prospective Evaluation of Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Systemic Sclerosis: Immunogenicity, Safety, and Disease Activity Outcomes
Ana Paula Luppino-Assad¹, Renata P Mello², Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro³, Nadia E Aikawa⁴, Sandra G Pasoto³, Leonard V Kupa⁵, Renata Miossi⁶, Percival D Sampaio-Barros⁶, Eduardo Borba⁷, Eloisa Bonfa⁷ and Clovis Artur Silva⁸, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, ⁷Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients are at higher risk of herpes zoster (HZ) due to underlying immune dysregulation and immunosuppressive therapies. Vaccination is a key…
Abstract Number: 1715 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Under Immunosuppressive Conventional and Biologic DMARDs: Favorable Disease Safety and Attenuated Immunogenicity Following Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccination
Carla Saad¹, Eduardo Borba², Fernanda Chaer³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Sandra G Pasoto¹, Nadia Emi Aikawa⁴, Luisa Correia⁵, Percival Sampaio-Barros⁶, Julio Moraes⁷, Murillo Dorio¹, Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg¹, Clovis Artur Silva⁸ and Eloisa Bonfa², ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Santos, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Jundiai, Brazil, ⁸University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients are at increased risk for herpes zoster(HZ) due to impaired cell-mediated immunity associated with the underlying…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2025
Antibodies to Type I and Type III Interferons at Diagnosis Predispose to Serious Infections on Follow Up in an Inception cohort of SLE (INSPIRE) from India.
Rudrarpan Chatterjee¹, Komal Singh², Ranjan Gupta³, Sudhir Sinha⁴ and Amita Aggarwal⁵, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ³All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Lucknow, India, ⁵Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are predisposed to infections due to immune dysregulation. Autoantibodies to cytokines can cause serious infections, including severe COVID-19,…
Abstract Number: 0256 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-TNF Therapy as a Potential Risk of Leishmania Infections
Gloria Albaladejo Paredes¹, Alicia Pérez González¹, Esther Monleón Acosta¹, Jose Andrés Rodríguez Fernández¹, Pedro José Manuel Hernández¹, Carlos Fernández Díaz¹, María Rosario Oliva Ruíz¹, Jose María Andreu Ubero², Paloma Valentina Castillo Dayer², Edgar Soriano Navarro³, David Pérez Parra⁴, Claudia Alejandra Capozzi², María Rocío González Molina⁵, José Francisco Orts Paco⁶, José Pablo Serrano Serra⁶ and Vicente Cogolludo Campillo², ¹Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, CARTAGENA, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, Murcia, Murcia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, Murcia, ⁵Hospital Reina Sofía, Murcia, Murcia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease caused by protozoon that occurs endemically in the Mediterranean Basin and South America and can affects to travellers to…
Abstract Number: 0844 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness and Safety of the Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients ≥18 Years of Age with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Multiple Sclerosis
Sheryl Kluberg¹, Sophie E. Mayer², O’Mareen Spence³, Driss Oraichi⁴, Harry Seifert⁴, Omar Ali³, Huifeng Yun⁴, Andrew L. Simon⁵, Jenice S. Ko⁶, Caroline Hugh⁷, Meg Her⁷, Kathleen Shattuck⁷, Richard Platt⁸, Aziza Jamal-Allial⁹, Djeneba Audrey DJIBO¹⁰, Kimberly Daniels¹¹, Qianli Ma¹², Cheryl N McMahill-Walraven¹⁰, Rachel P. Ogilvie¹³, Kristin Palmsten¹⁴, Mano Selvan¹⁵, Najat Ziyadeh¹⁶, Alexis Ogdie¹⁷ and Michael George¹⁸, ¹Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Durham, ³GSK, Rockville, ⁴GSK, Rockville, MD, ⁵Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA, ⁶Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Ins􀆟tute, Boston, MA, ⁷Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, ⁸Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Carelon Research, Elevance Health, Newton, ¹⁰CVS Health, Blue Bell, ¹¹Carelon Research, Elevance Health, Wilmington, ¹²Humana Healthcare Research, Inc., Louisville, ¹³Optum, Boston, MA, ¹⁴HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, ¹⁵Humana Healthcare Research, Sugar Land, Texas, ¹⁶Optum, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) is US Food and Drug Administration-approved for the prevention of herpes zoster (HZ, shingles) in adults ≥50 years, and…
Abstract Number: 1888 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Spike Antibodies Protect Against COVID-19 Infection in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: Findings from the SUCCEED Study
Jeremiah Tan¹, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta², Paul Fortin³, Anne-Claude Gingras⁴, Maggie Larche⁵, Dawn Bowdish⁵, Claudie Berger⁶, Ines Colmegna⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Diane Lacaille², Dawn Richards⁹, Nadine Lalonde¹⁰, Ayesha Kirmani¹, Jennifer Lee¹¹ and Sasha Bernatsky⁶, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁴Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Canadian Arthritis Patients Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: People with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) may be more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 outcomes. COVID-19 vaccination is a key element in mitigating this risk.…
Abstract Number: 0257 • ACR Convergence 2024
High Prevalence of Strongyloides Antibodies in Patients at Risk for Dissemination. A Call for Action
Jaspreet Bhatti¹, Kyu-In Lee¹, Arushika Yedla¹, Julia Ash¹, James Miceli¹, Kirk Sperber¹ and Amy Wasserman², ¹Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ²Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla
Background/Purpose: Strongyloides Stercoralis is a human intestinal nematode widely found in tropical and subtropical regions that frequently causes chronic and asymptomatic infection (Table 1). Immunosuppression in a host…
Abstract Number: 0898 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Blood Transcriptome Signature Distinguishes Between Diverse Systemic Autoimmune Diseases and Infection
Kleio-Maria Verrou¹, Argyrios Theophilopoulos², Nikolaos Vlachogiannis³, George Kollias⁴, Christoforos Nikolaou⁵ and Petros Sfikakis¹, ¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Immunology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, ³Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Zografou, Greece, ⁴Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece. Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁵Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: The most pathogenic responses against self and foreign antigens that lead to systemic autoimmune diseases and infections, respectively, overall engage similar immunologic components. Consequently, there are…
Abstract Number: 1897 • ACR Convergence 2024
People Living with Autoimmune Disease Are at Higher Risk of Suffering from Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 but Immunization Is Protective
Shahdi Malakooti¹, Marc Abboud², Jennifer Murphy³, Nora Singer⁴ and Grace McComsey⁵, ¹MetroHealth at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, ²Saint Joseph Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon, ³University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ⁴MetroHealth System at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁵University Hospitals at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Background/Purpose: Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) include new or worsening of existing symptoms 3 months or more after SARS-CoV-2 infection. We have shown that vaccination…
Abstract Number: 0132 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Remain at Risk for Hospitalization for COVID-19 Infection in the Omicron Era (2022-2024): A Retrospective Cohort Study
Naomi Patel¹, Andrew King¹, Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Xiaosong Wang², Emily Kowalski³, Kathleen Vanni³, Grace Qian², Jennifer Hanberg³, Katarina Bade³, Alene Saavedra³, Kevin Mueller³, Zachary Williams¹, Colebrook Johnson¹, Madison Negron¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁴ and Zachary Wallace⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: The risk of severe acute COVID-19 infection has substantially decreased since the start of the pandemic. However, the risk of severe acute COVID-19 outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0259 • ACR Convergence 2024
Whipple’s Disease in Patients Initially Diagnosed with Rheumatic Diseases: A Case Series
Judith den Hertog¹, Maike Wientjes¹, Jaap ten Oever², Merel Opdam¹, Denise Telgt¹ and Alfons den Broeder¹, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Whipple’s disease is a presumably rare, chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Symptoms include weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, joint pain…

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