Objective To determine whether a 2-week methotrexate (MTX) discontinuation after
vaccination improves the efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination in patients with …

Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with a
prevalence of 36.7/100 000 in Germany and a female/male ratio of 4: 1. The clinical course …

In chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases
and infections are suboptimally prevented, screened for and managed. The objective of this …

Infection is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE). Bacterial infections are most frequent, followed by viral and fungal …

Vaccines and autoimmunity are linked fields. Vaccine efficacy is based on whether host
immune response against an antigen can elicit a memory T-cell response over time …

Eleana Ntatsaki1, 2, David Carruthers3, Kuntal Chakravarty4, David D'Cruz5, Lorraine
Harper6, David Jayne7, Raashid Luqmani8, John Mills9, Janice Mooney10, Michael …

Autoinflammatory diseases are characterised by fever and systemic inflammation, with
potentially serious complications. Owing to the rarity of these diseases, evidence-based …

The current treatment approach for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), as outlined in the
recommendations by international medical associations including EULAR and the ACR, is …

Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) was first introduced in
2011 by Shoenfeld et al. and encompasses a cluster of related immune mediated diseases …

Objective To assess the current literature on the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
treatments on the humoral response to pneumococcal and influenza vaccines. Methods We …