Infection News

Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases declined significantly during the most recent 2 years of the pandemic, partly thanks to vaccination among vulnerable populations, according to data.

It's that time of year again, everyone rolling up their sleeves to get a flu shot. This episode dives into the history of the struggles pinning down the causative agent of flu and the journey to the vaccine!

SAN DIEGO — Patients with primary systemic vasculitis who received a third or additional doses of a COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated a reduced risk for breakthrough infection, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you Healio’s top headlines from ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — A fourth COVID-19 mRNA vaccine dose reduces the risk for severe infection by 65% in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease using immunomodulators, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who reported having long COVID in the past year demonstrated “many symptoms” of long COVID prior to initial infection,” according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

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SAN DIEGO — Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis halves serious infection risk in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis receiving B-cell depletion with rituximab, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

Approximately 20% of patients with solid organ transplants, rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases or lymphoid cancers fail to mount a response to three or more COVID-19 vaccine doses, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

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