1. Case Series of Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Patients Infected by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Wendlassida Joelle Stéphanie Tiendrébéogo, F. Kaboré, Dieu-Donné Ouédraogo, and Eric Arnaud Diendéré
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030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Risk of infection ,General Medicine ,Disease ,Diseases of the musculoskeletal system ,medicine.disease ,Viral infection ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immune system ,RC925-935 ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,Internal medicine ,Concomitant ,medicine ,Case Series ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Inflammatory rheumatic disease ,business - Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infection that appeared in December 2019. The risk of infection seems to be increased in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases due to both immune disturbances related to the disease and treatment. In this case report, we describe the clinical features of 5 rheumatic immune disease patients with the concomitant presence of COVID-19. Among these patients, 3 had rheumatoid arthritis and 2 had systemic lupus erythematosus. Patients’ age ranged between 38 and 63 years. Only one patient (SLE) had a severe subtype of COVID-19. All the patients were cured of COVID-19 and were subsequently discharged.
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- 2020