Alopecia areata and risk of common infections: a population-based cohort study.
Andrew G MessengerMatthew HarriesAbby E MacbethWing Sin ChiuSusan HolmesChristos TziotziosSimon de LusignanPublished in: Clinical and experimental dermatology (2023)
The association between AA and common infection may represent a higher propensity of people with AA to engage with healthcare services (and thereby to have infections recorded), rather than a true association between AA and infection. Overall our findings suggest that AA is not associated with a clinically significantly increased or decreased incidence of common infections.