Impact of non-serious infections on medication interruptions, quality of life, and disease flares in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Infections are common in patients with RA and frequently lead to medication interruptions. These infections are associated with greater fatigue and impaired work productivity and may contribute to more disease flares.
Authors
- Jeffrey R. Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8907-8976)
- Shilpa Venkatachalam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-9034)
- W. Benjamin Nowell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4951-6476)
- Kelly Gavigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2615-4940)
- Joshua F. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0799-7563)
- Michael George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0398-2308)
- Laura Stradford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-1022)
- Hardik Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2256-9586)
- David Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8005-912X)
- Fenglong Xie
Institutions
- University of Advancing Technology (US)
- Regeneron (United States) (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Global Healthy Living Foundation (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lara D. Veeken
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf503
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00