Prevalence of hospital PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases in patients with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
José Luís PablosLydia AbasoloJosé María Álvaro-GraciaFrancisco Javier BlancoRicardo BlancoIsabel CastrejónDavid Fernandez-FernandezBenjamín Fernandez-GutierrezMaría Galindo-IzquierdoMiguel Angel González-GaySara Manrique-ArijaNatalia Mena VázquezAntonio Mera VarelaMiriam RetuertoAlvaro Seijas-Lopeznull nullPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2020)
Patients with AI/IMID show a variable risk of hospital-diagnosed COVID-19. Interplay of ageing, therapies and disease-specific factors seem to contribute. These data provide a basis to improve preventive recommendations to rheumatic patients and to analyse the specific factors involved in COVID-19 susceptibility.