Antirheumatic treatment, disease activity and risk of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide nested case-control study
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ObjectivesTo assess how biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), glucocorticoids and disease activity affect risk of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsIn a nationwide cohort of patients with RA from the DANBIO registry, we conducted a nested case-control study including first-time microbiologically verified SAB cases from 2010 to 2018 and incidence density matched controls (1:4 by sex, age). We interlinked Danish registries and identified antirheumatic treatments, RA-specific clinical characteristics, comorbidities and socioeconomic status. The relative risk of SAB was assessed by adjusted ORs with 95% CIs and number needed to harm (NNH) reflected the absolute risk.ResultsAmong 30 479 patients, we identified 180 SAB cases (incidence rate: 106.7/100 000 person-years) and matched 720 controls (57% women, median age 73 years, IQR: 65-80). Risk of SAB was increased in current (OR 1.8 (95% CI 1.1 to 3.2)) and former bDMARD users (OR 2.5 (95% CI 0.9 to 7.0)), and in current users of oral glucocorticoids 7.5 mg/day (OR 9.5 (95% CI 3.9 to 22.7)) (non-use as reference). ORs for moderate/high disease activity compared with remission were 1.6 (95% CI 0.8 to 3.3)/1.5 (95% CI 0.6 to 4.3). Risk was increased in patients with longstanding RA (>10 years vs 7.5 mg/day.ConclusionWe identified a dose-dependent increased risk of SAB in patients with RA currently using oral glucocorticoids. Daily use of >7.5 mg appeared to be a clinically relevant risk factor, whereas the absolute risk was low for bDMARDs. No clear impact of disease activity was found.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 002636 |
Journal | RMD Open |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 2056-5933 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
- rheumatoid arthritis, biological therapy, glucocorticoids, epidemiology, antirheumatic agents, CLINICAL REGISTER, INFECTION, RESISTANCE
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