Abstracts tagged "Infection"

Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recombinant Zoster Vaccination Among U.S. Veterans Receiving Immunosuppressive Medications 2017-2023
Sharon Abada¹, Jing Li¹, Gary Tarasovsky², Cherish Wilson³, Jinoos Yazdany¹, Mary Whooley¹ and Gabriela Schmajuk³, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²San Francisco VA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients receiving immunosuppressive therapies are known to have a higher risk of herpes zoster and subsequent complications compared to the general population. The recombinant…
Abstract Number: 1479 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors for Human Papillomavirus Cervical Infection and Clearance in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The PAPILUP Study
Tiphaine Goulenok¹, Valentine Marie Ferre², Celine Mendes¹, Lea Dayan³, Margot Bucau¹, Fatima Farhi¹, Thomas Papo² and Karim Sacre², ¹Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ³Maison de Sante les Epinettes, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: An impaired clearance of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) related to inadequate immune responses may result in persistent infection and increase the risk to develop…
Abstract Number: 1967 • ACR Convergence 2023
Infectious Myopathies in an Urban Inflammatory Idiopathic Myopathy Cohort: Frequency and Impact on Disease Course and Treatment
Ana Valle¹, Talia Meisel¹, Xianhong Xie² and Shereen Mahmood³, ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Over the last few decades, it has been established that multiple infections can mimic idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). HIV, HTLV-1, and Lyme disease are…
Abstract Number: 2348 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence of Infections Among Adult Patients with SLE Treated with Belimumab (BEL): Pooled Data from Three Open-Label Extension Studies over 11+ Years
Jinoos Yazdany¹, Kenji Oku², Luciana Seguro³, Paula Curtis⁴, Yoshifumi Inagaki⁵, Roger A. Levy⁶ and Andrea Doria⁷, ¹University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ²Kitasato University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, R&D Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁷University of Padova, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: BEL-treated patients (pts) in clinical trials and long-term extension (LTE) studies1-7 experienced comparable incidence of infections versus those treated with standard therapy (ST) alone…
Abstract Number: 0207 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Among Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases Receiving High-Dose Glucocorticoids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Athanasios Vassilopoulos¹, Stephanos Vassilopoulos¹, Fadi Shehadeh², Markos Kalligeros¹ and Eleftherios Mylonakis³, ¹Division of Internal Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Available immunosuppressive treatments for autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) might increase the risk for opportunistic infections, such as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). Prophylactic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole…
Abstract Number: 0752 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tuberculosis Screening Among New Users of a Biologic or Targeted Synthetic DMARD: Gaps in Coverage Overall and Among JAKi Initiators
Eric Roberts¹, Gabriela Schmajuk² and Jinoos Yazdany¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Screening for latent tuberculosis (TB) is recommended prior to starting biologics or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs). With a growing number of these drugs available…
Abstract Number: 1500 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cumulative Infections by Week 52 Among Patients with SLE: A Summary of Data from Placebo-Controlled Belimumab Studies
Saira Sheikh¹, Kevin Withrop², Jinoos Yazdany³, Sandra Navarra⁴, Tatsuya Atsuma⁵, Paula Curtis⁶, Jose Miyar Olaiz⁷, Christine Henning⁸, Roger A. Levy⁹, William Stohl¹⁰ and Daniel Wallace¹¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Schools of Medicine and Public Health,, Portland, OR, ³University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Joint and Bone Center, Manila, Philippines, ⁵Hokkaido University, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Sapporo, Japan, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, R&D Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁷GlaxoSmithKline, Safety Evaluation and Risk Management, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ¹⁰University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE have a high risk of infections, which remains a common cause of mortality in this population.1 This infection risk can result…
Abstract Number: 2050 • ACR Convergence 2023
Variability in Vaccination Practices in Children with Rheumatic Diseases: Results of a Rheumatology Provider Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA)-wide Survey
Randal De Souza¹, Merav Heshin Bekenstein², Beth Rutstein³, Maria Schletzbaum⁴, Nora Singer⁵, Melanie Kohlheim⁶, vincent del gaizo⁷, Kelly Wise⁸, Melica Nikahd⁹, Guy Brock¹⁰, Rebecca Sadun¹¹, Monica Ardura¹, Vidya Sivaraman¹ and For The CARRA Registry Investgators⁷, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Dana Children's Hospital of Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Division of Rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴St. Louis Children’s Hospital / Washington University in St. Louis, Middleton, WI, ⁵The MetroHealth System at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Self, Granville, OH, ⁷CARRA, Inc, Washington, DC, ⁸Nationwide Children's Hospital, Hilliard, OH, ⁹Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Dept. of Biomedical Informatics, Columbus, OH, ¹¹Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Immunocompromised children (ICC), including children with rheumatic diseases receiving immunosuppressive therapies (IST) are at increased risk of morbidity from vaccine-preventable infections. The 2022 American…
Abstract Number: 2377 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Chronologic versus Biologic Age on the Risk of Severe Infection, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Death in Older Adults with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Sebastian Sattui¹, Xiaoqing Fu², Claire Cook², Shruthi Srivatsan², Yuqing Zhang² and Zachary Wallace³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Older adults with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) have distinct clinical presentations and outcomes when compared to younger adults. Despite a high incidence of AAV in…
Abstract Number: 0208 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) Prophylaxis (PPX), Investigating the Practice Patterns of Providers for Patients on Chronic, High-Dose Immunosuppression in a Rural Integrated Health System
Angela Bobak¹, Emely Pimentel¹, Jordan Jackson², Celia Gray³, Hema Srinivasan³, Andrea Berger³ and David Bulbin³, ¹Geisinger Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: PJP is an opportunistic fungus causing significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Guidelines describe PJP PPX indications among non-HIV infected individuals with cancer…
Abstract Number: 0848 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance of Serum MRP8/14, sCD14, IL-6 and Neutrophil CD64 in Isolation and in Combination for Differentiating Flare from Bacterial Infection in Febrile SLE Patients
Kishan Majithiya¹, Komal Singh¹, Pankti Mehta², Chengappa Kavadichanda³, seema Sharma¹, Able Lawrence¹ and Amita Aggarwal¹, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ²King George's Medical University, Mumbai, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Disease flare and infections are the major causes of fever in a patient with SLE. It is vital to differentiate between these two as…
Abstract Number: 1529 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mycophenolate Mofetil Use in Clinical Practice: Persistence on Therapy and Long-term Adverse Events in a Multicentric Cohort of Scleroderma Patients
Silvia Bosello¹, enrico De Lorenzis¹, lucrezia verardi¹, gerlando Natalello¹, pier giacomo Cerasuolo¹, Stefano Di Donato², Greta Pellegrino³, Giacomo De Luca⁴, Corrado Campochiaro⁵, Gemma Lepri⁶, Laura Cometi⁷, Fabio Cacciapaglia⁸, Giuseppe Armetano⁹, Marco De Pinto¹⁰, Francesca Motta¹¹, Maria De Santis¹¹, Dilia Giuggioli¹², Nicoletta Del Papa⁹, Florenzo Iannone¹³, Serena Guiducci⁷, valeria Riccieri¹⁴, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹ and Francesco Del Galdo², ¹Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ²University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁴Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁵IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁶Department of Experimental and Clinical medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁷University of Florence, Unit of Rheumatology Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Florence, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁹Scleroderma Clinic, Dipartimento di Reumatologia, ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno-Infantili e dell'Adulto, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Modena, Italy, ¹¹Reumatologia e Immunologia Clinica, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, ¹²Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Clinical, Internal and Cardiovascular Specialities, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a first-line immunosuppressant treatment for systemic sclerosis (SSc), particularly for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and diffuse skin involvement.…
Abstract Number: 2055 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Hepatitis a Vaccine Doses Among Adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Crohn’s Disease on Immunosuppressive Therapy: A Pilot Study
Racheal Githumbi¹, Susan Kuhn¹, Carla Osiowy², Jennifer DeBruyn¹, Marvin Fritzler¹, Nicole Johnson¹, Otto G Vanderkooi¹ and Heinrike Schmeling¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnepig, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and Crohn's disease (CD) are now controlled using immunosuppressive medications. However, disease control comes at the risk of increased infection.…
Abstract Number: 2387 • ACR Convergence 2023
Large Vessel Involvement and the Risk of Severe Infections in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis – a Population-based Study
Nazanin Naderi¹, Aladdin Mohammad², Karin Wadström³, Ulf Bergström³ and Carl Turesson³, ¹Lund University, Kristiandstad, Sweden, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Manifestations of giant cell arteritis (GCA) include large vessel involvement (LVI) of the aorta and its branches. Aortic aneuryms are more common compared to…
Abstract Number: 0209 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety of Bivalent SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines as a Second Booster Dose in Arthritis Patients on Immunosuppressive Therapies
Hilde Ørbo¹, Ingrid Jyssum¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Ingrid Christensen¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke², Grete B. Kro³, Tore Kvien¹, Gunnveig Grødeland⁴, Ludvig A. Munthe⁵, Siri Mjaaland⁶, John Torgils Vaage⁵, Espen Haavardsholm¹, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen², Sella Provan⁷, Silje Watterdal Syversen¹ and Guro Goll¹, ¹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Safety and efficacy of updated bivalent vaccines, containing both the original vaccine variant of SARS-CoV-2 Spike and either Omicron variants BA.1 or BA.4/5, are…

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