Publications by authors named "Cindy Etienne"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the incidence of serious respiratory tract infections (SRI) among individuals receiving immunosuppressive therapies, using data from French healthcare between 2014-2019.
- A total of 24,122 patients were analyzed, revealing a standardized SRI incidence rate of 1,398 per 100,000 person-years, with significant associations found between SRI and various chronic conditions like cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes.
- It concludes that a history of chronic diseases increases the risk of SRI in patients on immunosuppressive therapies, and that this risk is lower in those treated with conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs compared to corticosteroids.
Objectives: Herpes zoster (HZ) exposes to alterations of the quality-of-life. HZ is more frequent in immunocompromised individuals, but whether immunosuppression is associated with a higher rate of complications is not well documented. We aimed to assess association between drug-induced immunosuppression and HZ complications.
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