Background Although the reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is recognised as a serious
complication in patients with rheumatic disease (RD) receiving immunosuppressive drugs (…

Background Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX/TMP) is a standard drug for the
prophylaxis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) in immunosuppressed patients with systemic …

Objectives To efficiently detect somatic UBA1 variants and establish a clinical scoring
system predicting patients with pathogenic variants in VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, …

… ) plus tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), and 3 H-thymidine incorporation was assessed 3 days
later (left). Mean reduction in 3 H-thymidine incorporation induced by p16 INK4a was 83% …

Background The prophylaxis for hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation assumes that hepatic
injury after reactivation is often rapidly progressive and can evoke fulminant hepatitis. The …

… At 02.00 h on the 5th hospital day, he had an episode of grand-mal chest pain with ECG
findings of a down-slopetype ST-depression in leads I, aVL, and V4–6. The chest pain persisted …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the factors influencing the occurrence of vertebral fracture in
patients receiving high dose glucocorticoids (GC). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was …

We describe two cases of leflunomide-related interstitial pneumonia (IP). A 75-year-old woman
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) developed rapidly progressing IP 45 days after institution of …

… within 48 h, whereas only a small fraction of mature B cells undergo apoptosis in 48 h by
milder … (21) have demonstrated that treatment with soluble anti-Ig antibody for 24 h induces …

Objectives The aim was to investigate the long-term prophylactic efficacy, drug retention
and safety of low-dose sulfamethoxazole–trimethoprim (SMX/TMP) prophylaxis against …