Frequency of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with controls: A population-based study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2287-2293

  Doran, Michele F ^a,b   Crowson, Cynthia S ^a   Pond, Gregory R ^a   O'Fallon, W Michael ^a   Gabriel, Sherine E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SKIN INFECTION; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036745041     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10524     Document Type: Article

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