Incidence and factors related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis from a health service provider in Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Luis Fernando Valladales-RestrepoManuel Enrique Machado-DuqueAndrés Gaviria-MendozaHarrison David Ospina-ArzuagaMaritza Ruiz-ZapataJorge Enrique Machado-Alba

Published in: Therapeutic advances in infectious disease (2022)

The incidence of COVID-19 is higher among patients with RA who receive DMARDs and glucocorticoids simultaneously or who have diabetes mellitus than among patients with RA not receiving these drug combinations, which should guide treatment strategies.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
risk factors
coronavirus disease
sars cov
disease activity
primary care
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
type diabetes
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis