High burden of infections in Indian patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: validation of observations from the MyoCite dataset.
Rudrarpan ChatterjeePankti MehtaVikas AgarwalLatika GuptaPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
Major and recurrent infections are common in Indian IIM patients and confer higher risk for future infections and lower survival. Respiratory and atypical bacterial infections such as tuberculosis occur throughout the disease course.