Effects of multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a monocentric prospective study.

Objectives: To prospectively evaluate the effects of multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment (MRCT), a special concept of in-patient physical treatment (PT), in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: RA patients receiving a 16-day MRCT were eligible. MRCT was delivered to participants in 64 PT sessions of various modalities with a minimum of 1.

Multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment in patients with spondyloarthritis - a prospective study.

Introduction: Aim of this study was to prospectively assess the effects of multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment (MRCT), a special concept of in-patient physical treatment (PT) for treating spondyloarthritis (SpA), namely radiographic (r-) and non-radiographic (nr-) axial (ax-) SpA and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Methods: r-, nr-axSpA and PsA patients receiving a 16-day MRCT were eligible. MRCT was delivered to participants over 64 PT sessions of various modalities with a minimum of 1,400 min of treatment.

Rubella vaccine-induced granulomas are a novel phenotype with incomplete penetrance of genetic defects in cytotoxicity.

Background: Rubella virus-induced granulomas have been described in patients with various inborn errors of immunity. Most defects impair T-cell immunity, suggesting a critical role of T cells in rubella elimination. However, the molecular mechanism of virus control remains elusive.

Case report of severe PCR-confirmed COVID-19 myocarditis in a European patient manifesting in mid January 2020.

Background: Viral genesis is the most common cause of myocarditis. COVID-19-associated myocarditis seems to be a notable extrapulmonary manifestation, which may result in the need for a different treatment. There has been no positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of SARS-CoV-2 in heart specimens, thus far.

Serial locally applied water-filtered infrared a radiation in axial spondyloarthritis - a randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effects of serial locally applied water-filtered infrared A radiation (sl-wIRAR) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Methods: axSpA patients with active disease undergoing a 7-day multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment under non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy were eligible. Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio.

Evaluation of a special concept of physical therapy in spondyloarthritis: German multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment for spondyloarthritis.

Objectives: Multimodal rheumatologic complex treatment (MRCT) is a specific concept of German inpatient care focusing on physical therapy for patients with rheumatic diseases suffering from exacerbated pain and functional impairment. As physical therapy is a key concept in the treatment of spondyloarthritis (SpA), we conducted a monocentric retrospective analysis of the effects of MRCT on pain and functional status in patients with SpA including patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis with axial involvement (axPsA).

Methods: 134 treatment episodes provided to 100 patients with SpA between 2014 and 2017 were analysed.

[A rare manifestation of an inflammatory rheumatic systemic disease].

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is an ANCA(anti-neutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody)-associated small vessel vasculitis usually affecting the respiratory tract and the kidneys. This article reports on a 46-year-old male patient with a rare organ manifestation pattern of GPA: besides a fulminantly progressive tetraparesis the patient suffered from severe ulcerative colitis. The early diagnosis of GPA with unusual findings and its delineation from a septic event is essential.