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COVID-19 in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: frequency and severity

Oksana Boyarchuk
1
,
Lilya Predyk
1
,
Iryna Yuryk
2

  1. Department of Children’s Diseases and Pediatric Surgery, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  2. Regional Children’s Hospital, Ternopil, Ukraine
Online publish date: 2021/09/08
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The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and the course of COVID-19 infection in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The study involved 51 patients with JIA aged 2 to 18 years. Evidence of COVID-19 was found in 10 (19.6%) patients with JIA. COVID-19 infection occurred more often in patients with systemic arthritis (OR = 6.1667, 95% CI: 1.2053–31.5511, p = 0.0289). The course of COVID-19 infection in patients with JIA was generally similar to the course in the pediatric population, despite immunosuppressive therapy. In 3 out of 10 patients the infection caused an exacerbation of JIA, which required therapy escalation.
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COVID-19 infection, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, immunosuppressive therapy

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