rheumatic disease and risk Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 587 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Defining the Conditions Under Which Long-Term Glucocorticoid Treatment Has a Good Benefit-Risk Ratio
Cindy Strehl¹, Johannes W J Bijlsma², Maarten de Wit³, Maurizio Cutolo⁴, Raphaele Seror⁵, Kevin L. Winthrop⁶, Frank Buttgereit¹ and EULAR Task Force on Glucocorticoids, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Medical Humanities, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique–Hopitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁶Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are used to treat a wide range of inflammatory diseases including rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. EULAR recommendations on GC therapy are up…
Abstract Number: 1370 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Prednisone Is a Risk Factor For Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia In Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: A Case-Control Study With 36 Cases
Wieneke van den Hombergh¹, Annelies van Ede², J. Fransen³, Femke BG lamers-Karnebeek³, Saskia Kuipers⁴ and Matthijs Janssen⁵, ¹Rheumatology, UMC st. Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, UMC st Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Microbiology, UMC st Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jirovecii is a fungal pathogen that causes pneumonia in immunocompromized hosts. Prednisone is frequently suggested as a risk factor for developing pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in patients with rheumatic diseases. If prednisone…

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Defining the Conditions Under Which Long-Term Glucocorticoid Treatment Has a Good Benefit-Risk Ratio

Prednisone Is a Risk Factor For Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia In Patients With Rheumatic Diseases: A Case-Control Study With 36 Cases