Lower genital tract infections in young female juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients.
Gabriela R V FerreiraRenato B TomiokaLigia B QueirozKatia KozuNadia E AikawaAdriana M E SallumPaulo SerafiniMaricy TaclaEdmund C BaracatRosa M R PereiraEloisa BonfáClovis Artur Almeida da SilvaPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2019)
To our knowledge, this was the first study to assess lower genital infections in JIA patients allowing the identification of HPV as main cause of cervical dysplasia. Methotrexate and biological agents do not seem to increase risk of lower genital tract infections in JIA patients.