Vasculitis and Giant Cell Arteritis News

The American College of Rheumatology and the Vasculitis Foundation have released new guidelines for Kawasaki disease, focusing on diagnostic issues, high-risk patients and convalescent patient management.

Nintedanib slows the rate of forced vital capacity decline in patients with fibrosing autoimmune disease-related interstitial lung disease, with adverse events manageable for most, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Lack of antibody response following COVID-19 vaccination is the strongest predictor of breakthrough infection in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Infections caused by rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and varicella, precede Kawasaki disease outbreaks by 1 to 3 months in children and young adults in South Korea, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

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An 88-year-old woman developed an acute onset of painless, monocular vision loss in the right eye.

Just 0.7% of fully vaccinated patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease experience a breakthrough COVID-19 infection, while only 4.4% demonstrate disease flare reactions, according to data.

DMARD interruptions in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases increased more than 80% between December 2020 and May 2021, leading to higher rates of self-reported flares, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Weekly tocilizumab delays initial flare and reduces glucocorticoid exposure in patients with relapsing and new-onset giant cell arteritis, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases have a 54% increased risk for COVID-19 infection, and more than twice the risk for COVID-19 death, versus the general population, according to data published in Rheumatology.