Open AccessPrevalence of acute and chronic viral seropositivity and characteristics of disease in patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with cyclosporine: a post hoc analysis from a sex point of view on the observational study of infectious events in psoriasis complicated by active psoriatic arthritis
Author(s) -
Delia Colombo,
Sergio Chimenti,
Paolo Grossi,
Antonio Marchesoni,
Federico Bardazzi,
Fabio Ayala,
Lúcia Simoni,
D. Vassellatti,
Gilberto Bellia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1178-7015
DOI - 10.2147/ccid.s88306
Subject(s) - psoriatic arthritis , medicine , psoriasis , observational study , post hoc analysis , rheumatoid arthritis , outpatient clinic , arthritis , immunology
Sex medicine studies have shown that there are sex differences with regard to disease characteristics in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis, in immune response and susceptibility to viral infections. We performed a post hoc analysis of the Observational Study of infectious events in psoriasis complicated by active psoriatic arthritis (SYNERGY) study in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with immunosuppressive regimens including cyclosporine, in order to evaluate potential between-sex differences in severity of disease and prevalence of viral infections.