Prevalence of SARS-COV-2 infection and outcomes in Greek sarcoidosis patients.
The COVID-19 infection rate among Greek sarcoidosis patients was lower than the general population. Fewer than 20% needed hospitalization. There were no deaths or ICU admissions. Vaccination reduces the likelihood of infection. Younger age, longer diagnosis, abnormal PET-CT findings, and immunosuppression increased the chance of infection.
Authors
- Τheodoros Karampitsakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0804-6292)
- Argyrios Tzouvelekis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-1384)
- Ουρανία Παπαϊωάννου (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-679X)
- Evagelia Fouka
- Lykourgos Kolilekas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-609X)
- Nikolaos Zikos
- Zoe Daniil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1058-9125)
- Ourania S. Kotsiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5219-6971)
- Paraskevi Kirgou
- Paschalis Steiropoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-6253)
- Ilias Dimeas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6933-1068)
- Nikoleta Bizymi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5199-1519)
- Katerina M. Antoniou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0207-4582)
- Semeli Mastrodimou
- Effrosyni D. Manali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1731-7069)
- Georgios Spyropoulos
- Nikoletta Kosmidou
- Ioannis P. Tomos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9978-4823)
- Anastasia Levounets
- Maria Kallieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-4249)
- Foteini Malli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7595-6715)
- Ιlias Papanikolaou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1391-2925)
- Despina Papakosta
- Spyros Papiris
Institutions
- University of Crete (GR)
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Corfu General Clinic (GR)
- University Hospital of Heraklion (GR)
- Sotiria General Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36141/svdld.v41i4.15661
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00