COVID-19 in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic joint disease.

Background: Since patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic joint diseases may be more prone to infections, we wished to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in this group, and explore the possible significance of factors related to the rheumatic disease, the patient or the treatment.

Material And Method: Altogether 27 907 patients registered in the Norwegian Arthritis Registry (NorArthritis) were linked to the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases and the Norwegian Intensive Care and Pandemic Registry in order to find the incidence of COVID-19 in 2020, and the proportion of patients who were hospitalised. A standardised incidence ratio (SIR) was calculated by comparing with sex and age-specific incidence in the general population.

[Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome].

Background: Uveitis and acute renal failure can be seen in various immune-mediated systemic diseases. Here we present a case of a young man with a rare inflammatory oculorenal syndrome.

Case Report: A man in his thirties was admitted with a constellation of fatigue, flank pain, weight loss and bilateral acute anterior uveitis.