A transient peak of infections during onset of rheumatoid arthritis: a 10-year prospective cohort study.

Summary, in English

The role of infection in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not been determined. We aimed to document the infectious burden and some aspects of antibacterial immunity in a large and prospective cohort study of RA patients in the early and late stages of the disease and in their relatives predisposed to RA.

• Author: Marina I Arleevskaya; Aida Gabdoulkhakova; Yulia V Filina; Regina Miftakhova; Anders Bredberg; Anatoly P Tsybulkin
• Department/s: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö; Experimental Cancer Research, Malmö
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 005254-005254
• Publication/Series: BMJ Open
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 8
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• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25180052?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005254
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Topic: Microbiology in the medical area; Cancer and Oncology
• Status: Published
• Research group: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö; Experimental Cancer Research, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 2044-6055