In the article entitled "Prevalence, Predictors, and Prognosis of Serious Infections in Takayasu Arteritis: A Cohort Study" by Misra and colleagues in this issue of The Journal of Rheumatology, the authors examine the incidence of serious infections in a Takayasu arteritis (TA) patient cohort; analyze associated demographic, clinical, angiographic, and treatment-related factors; and evaluate their impact on serious infections and mortality in TA.1 They found that serious infections in patients with TA were prevalent, occurring in one-sixth of their cohort, with pneumonia (38%) and tuberculosis (TB; 24%) as the most common infections identified.1.

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血管炎感染：我们能创造一场变革的流行病吗？


在本期《风湿病学杂志》上，Misra 及其同事发表了题为“高安动脉炎严重感染的患病率、预测因素和预后：一项队列研究”的文章，作者研究了高安动脉炎 （TA） 患者队列中严重感染的发生率;分析相关的人口统计学、临床、血管造影和治疗相关因素;并评估它们对 TA 严重感染和死亡率的影响.1 他们发现 TA 患者的严重感染很普遍，发生在他们队列的六分之一中，肺炎 （38%） 和肺结核 （TB;24%） 是确定的最常见感染。