Absence of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with weekly low-dose methotrexate.

Objectives: To analyse pulmonary toxicity in psoriatic arthritis patients treated with weekly low-dose methotrexate.

Methods: A transversal study was carried out to analyse the findings on chest x-rays and high resolution computed tomography, and the results of pulmonary function tests in 27 Caucasian psoriatic arthritis patients treated with weekly low-dose methotrexate. None of them had previous recognized interstitial lung disease.

Subclinical sacroiliitis in inflammatory bowel disease: a clinical and follow-up study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical features, evolution and reliability of spondyloarthropathy criteria in a subset of patients with subclinical sacroiliitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). All patients with IBD (n 62) attending a gastroenterology clinic from a referral centre were included to assess the prevalence of articular involvement. Patients were evaluated according to a specific protocol designed for the study, which included epidemiological and clinical variables, physical examination and radiological assessment.

Haematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis in the elderly.

The aim of our study was to analyse the characteristics of haematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis (HVO) in the elderly. A retrospective comparative analysis of the medical records of 72 patients (38 younger than 63 years, group 1, and 34 aged 63 years and over, group 2) with haematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis of confirmed aetiology was carried out. Intravenous drug addiction and infection with the human immunodeficiency virus were seen in 4/38 (10%) and 5/38 (13%) patients from group 1 and 0/34 patients (0%) from group 2 (P = 0.

Musculoskeletal infections in intravenous drug addicts: report of 34 cases with analysis of microbiological aspects and pathogenic mechanisms.

Objective: To analyse characteristics of musculoskeletal infections in Spanish intravenous (i.v.) drug addicts.