Infections as a predominant cause of death in adult patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Patients with IIM associated with cardiac involvement and concomitant autoimmune diseases may be at higher risk of fatal outcomes. Infections were the predominant cause of death in our cohort of patients. The majority of fatal outcomes occurred at the relatively early stage of the disease.
Authors
- Aleksandra Opinc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-5731)
- Ewelina Kulesza
- Olga Brzezińska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-8497)
- Joanna Samanta Makowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2036-375X)
- Agnieszka Mikosińska
Institutions
- Medical University of Lodz (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55563/clinexprheumatol/kcdmct
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35