Treatment with biological therapy is associated with faster recovery and lower frequency of treatment switch among rheumatic patients with Chikungunya fever.
Aline RanzolinClaudia Diniz Lopes MarquesLaurindo Ferreira da Rocha JuniorAngela Luzia Branco Pinto DuarteHugo Deleon de LimaLays Miranda de Almeida MartinsAnderson Rodrigues de AlmeidaPriscilla Stela Santana de OliveiraMoacyr Jesus Barreto de Melo RêgoMaira Galdino da Rocha PittaMarkus BredemeierIeda Maria Magalhães LaurindoPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2022)
Among rheumatic patients with CHIK, those on bDMARDs had shorter persistence of articular symptoms and switched treatment scheme less often than patients exclusively treated with csDMARDs.