Infection
Serious infection risk with TNF inhibitors ‘significantly lower’ in PsA vs. RA
Among patients treated with TNF inhibitors, the risk for serious infection was “significantly lower” in those with psoriatic arthritis compared with rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
SARS-CoV-2 infection rate 2.5 times higher in younger men, study shows
Younger individuals, particularly men aged 20 to 29 years, may be underrecognized, high-risk groups for COVID-19 infection, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy may cause preeclampsia
SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy was associated with higher odds of preeclampsia, and this relationship may be causal, according to a study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
‘On-your-toes’ approach to managing infection risk needed as CAR T-cell therapy evolves
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy employs a patient’s immune system to fight cancer and thereby weakens it, leaving the recipient vulnerable to infection.
H. pylori infection high among Hispanic/Latino individuals
Researchers observed high helicobacter pylori infection seroprevalence among Hispanic/Latino individuals, which varied by nativity and background, according to study results.
Sepsis surpasses pneumonia as most common hospitalized infection in SLE
Sepsis has surpassed pneumonia as the most common hospitalized infection in systemic lupus erythematosus, with a rate that has increased more than six-fold from 1998 to 2000 to 2015 to 2016, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
8-month-old boy presents with rash, thought to be MRSA infection
An 8-month-old boy is brought to your clinic with a diaper rash. He had been seen a few days earlier in an urgent care clinic, where it was thought to be an infection with MRSA and treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or TMP-SMX.
Infection causes more than a quarter of deaths among survivors of intracerebral hemorrhage
A longitudinal analysis of more than 72,000 patients who survived a first-time intracerebral hemorrhage identified infection as the leading cause of death in these patients over a 4-year period, according to findings published in Neurology.
AAP updates guidance on masks, testing and PPE for pediatric COVID-19 care
The AAP updated its guidance regarding COVID-19-related advice for cloth face coverings, testing protocols and personal protective equipment.
Length of stay, mortality fall, hospital charges rise in systemic sclerosis with infection
Patients with systemic sclerosis who are hospitalized for serious infection have, from 1998 to 2016, experienced a growing number of charges but decreasing lengths of stay and mortality, researchers reported in Arthritis Research & Therapy.