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MG prevalence was similar in asymptomatic (10 of 195; 5%) and symptomatic (73 of 1108; 7%) women, p=0.506. MG was associated with mucopurulent cervicitis on examination (adjusted OR=4.38, 95% CI 1.69 to 11.33, p=0.002), but was not associated with other specific genital symptoms or signs.

MG was as common as CT among women attending MSHC. MG was not associated with genital symptoms, but like CT, was significantly associated with cervicitis. These data provide evidence that routine testing for MG in women with common genital symptoms is not indicated. Alflutinib in vitro The presence of macrolide resistance in 48% of women supports use of resistance-guided therapy.

MG was as common as CT among women attending MSHC. MG was not associated with genital symptoms, but like CT, was significantly associated with cervicitis. These data provide evidence that routine testing for MG in women with common genital symptoms is not indicated. The presence of macrolide resistance in 48% of women supports use of resistance-guided therapy.

Flow diversion of intracranial aneurysms with the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) is commonly performed, but the value of long-term angiographic follow-up has not been rigorously evaluated. Here we examine the prevalence of actionable findings of aneurysm recurrence and development of in-stent stenosis in a cohort of patients that underwent long-term angiographic follow-up at multiple time points.

Angiographic data from eligible patients were retrospectively assessed for aneurysm occlusion, in-stent stenosis, and aneurysm regrowth or recurrence. Patients were included in this study if they underwent angiographic imaging at 6 months post-treatment and at least one later time point.

100% (132/132) of aneurysms occluded at 6 months remained occluded at final follow-up. 85.7% (6/7), 56.3% (27/48), and 25% (6/24) of aneurysms with entry remnant, subtotal filling, and total filling, respectively, at 6 months were completely occluded at final follow-up. 98.7% (147/149) of PED constructs that demonstrated no stenosis at 6 months demonstrated no stenosis at final angiography, while 44.4% (8/18) of PED constructs demonstrating in-stent stenosis at 6 months had resolution of stenosis on final angiography.

Among patients who undergo treatment of intracranial aneurysms with PED, the value of long-term angiography in patients demonstrating complete aneurysm occlusion and no in-stent stenosis on 6 month post-treatment angiography is low.

Among patients who undergo treatment of intracranial aneurysms with PED, the value of long-term angiography in patients demonstrating complete aneurysm occlusion and no in-stent stenosis on 6 month post-treatment angiography is low.Janus kinase ( JAK) inhibitors, like other immunomodulators, are known to be associated with an increased risk of infections.1 An analysis of long-term clinical trial data has shown tuberculosis to be the most common opportunistic infection associated with tofacitinib use.2.

Treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) include a patient-centered approach and shared decision making which includes a discussion of patient goals. We describe the iterative early development of a structured goal elicitation tool to facilitate goal communication for persons with RA and their clinicians.

Tool development occurred in three phases 1) clinician feedback on the initial prototype during a communication training session; 2) semi-structured interviews with RA patients; and 3) community stakeholder feedback on elements of the goal elicitation tool in a group setting and electronically. Feedback was dynamically incorporated into the tool.

Clinicians (n=15) and patients (n=10) provided feedback on the tool prototypes. Clinicians preferred a shorter tool de-emphasizing goals outside of their perceived treatment domain or available resources, highlighted the benefits of the tool to facilitate conversation but raised concern regarding current constraints of the clinic visit. Patients endoool to enhance goal communication and foster shared decision making may lead to improved outcomes and higher quality care in RA.Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), characterized by inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis on radiography, was traditionally considered a condition predominant in men. Since the introduction of the 2009 Assessment in Spondyloarthritis international Society classification criteria1 aiming to facilitate earlier classification of cases without radiographic sacroiliitis, more women have been classified as having axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).This is a very rare case of posttraumatic chylous joint effusion that has been described only a few times before in the literature.1,2,3,4,5 A 64-year-old White woman presented at the outpatient clinic with persistent knee pain for 5 weeks that she related to a fall.

The epidemiology and treatment of peripheral neuropathy in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is poorly understood. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and treatments of peripheral neuropathy in SSc.

A systematic review of Medline, Embase and CINAHL databases for literature reporting peripheral neuropathy in SSc was performed. Studies evaluating incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and treatments were synthesized. Meta-analysis using a random effects model was used to evaluate the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy.

113 studies reported 949 subjects with at least one type of peripheral neuropathy out of 2143 SSc patients studied. The mean age was 48.5 years. The mean time between SSc onset and detection of peripheral neuropathy was 8.85 years. The pooled prevalence of neuropathy was 27.4% (95%CI 22.4% - 32.7%). Risk factors for peripheral neuropathy in SSc included advanced diffuse disease, anticentromere antibodies, calcinosis cutis, ischemia of the vasa nervos of effect to justify RCT to evaluate the efficacy of these interventions.

To standardize and improve the accuracy of detection of arthritis by thermal imaging.

Children with clinically active arthritis in the knee or ankle, as well as healthy controls, were enrolled to the development cohort and another group of children with knee symptoms were enrolled to the validation cohort. Ultrasound was performed for the arthritis subgroup for the development cohort. Joint exam by certified rheumatologists was used as a reference for the validation cohort. Infrared thermal data were analyzed using a custom software. Temperature after within-limb calibration (TAWiC) was defined as the temperature differences between joint and ipsilateral midtibia. TAWiC of knees and ankles was evaluated using ANOVA across subgroups. Optimal thresholds were determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis using Youden index.

There were significant differences in mean and 95

TAWiC of knee in anterior, medial, lateral views, and of ankles in anterior view, between inflamed and uninflamed counterparts (p<0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) was higher by 36% when using TAWiC

than those when using absolute temperature. Within validation cohort, the sensitivity of accurate detection of arthritis in knee using both mean and 95

TAWiC from individual views or combined all 3 views ranged from 0.60 to 0.70 and the specificity was greater than 0.90 in all views.

Children with active arthritis or tenosynovitis in knees or ankles exhibited higher TAWiC than healthy joints. Our validation cohort study showed promise of the clinical utility of infrared thermal imaging for arthritis detection.

Children with active arthritis or tenosynovitis in knees or ankles exhibited higher TAWiC than healthy joints. Our validation cohort study showed promise of the clinical utility of infrared thermal imaging for arthritis detection.

The Māori and Pacific (Polynesian) population of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has a high prevalence of gout. Our aim was to identify potentially functional missense genetic variants in candidate inflammatory genes amplified in frequency that may underlie the increased prevalence of gout in Polynesian populations.

A list of 712 inflammatory disease-related genes was generated. An

targeted exome set was extracted from whole genome sequencing data in people with gout of various ancestral groups (Polynesian, European, East Asian; n = 55, 780, 135, respectively) to identify Polynesian-amplified common missense variants (AF > 0.05). Candidate functional variants were tested for association with gout by multivariable-adjusted regression analysis in 2,528 individuals of Polynesian ancestry.

We identified 26 variants common in the Polynesian population and uncommon in the European and East Asian populations. Three of the 26 population-specific variants were nominally associated with the risk of gout (

,

, OR

= 1.28, P

= 0.028;

,

, OR

= 1.37,



= 0.0017;

, OR

= 1.34,



= 0.017). The

variant, within the established SLC2A9 gout locus, was genetically-independent of the association signal at

.

We provide nominal evidence for the existence of population-amplified genetic variants conferring risk of gout in Polynesian populations. Polymorphisms in

have previously been associated with gout in other populations, supporting our evidence for association of this gene with gout.

We provide nominal evidence for the existence of population-amplified genetic variants conferring risk of gout in Polynesian populations. Polymorphisms in CLNK have previously been associated with gout in other populations, supporting our evidence for association of this gene with gout.

To assess the spectrum and long-term outcome of patients with noninfectious aortitis.

We performed a retrospective multicenter study of 353 patients (median age at diagnosis was 62 [IQR 46-71] yrs and 242 [68.6%] patients were women) with noninfectious aortitis. Factors associated with vascular complications were assessed in multivariate analysis.

We included 136 patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), 96 with Takayasu arteritis (TA), 73 with clinically isolated aortitis (CIA), and 48 with aortitis secondary to inflammatory diseases (including Behçet disease, relapsing polychondritis, IgG4-related disease, Cogan syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis). After a median follow-up of 52 months, vascular complications were observed in 32.3%, revascularizations in 30% of patients, and death in 7.6%. The 5-year cumulative incidence of vascular complications was 58% (95% CI 41-71), 20% (95% CI 13-29), and 19% (95% CI 11-28) in CIA, GCA, and TA, respectively. In multivariate analysis, male sex (HR 2.10, 95% CI 1.45-3.05,

< 0.0001) and CIA (HR 1.76, 95% CI 1.11-2.81,

= 0.02) were independently associated with vascular complications.

Noninfectious aortitis accounts for significant morbidity and mortality. CIA seems to carry the highest rate of vascular complications.

Noninfectious aortitis accounts for significant morbidity and mortality. CIA seems to carry the highest rate of vascular complications.SARS-CoV-2 has been described to cause "COVID [coronavirus disease] toes," a chilblains-like syndrome.1,2,3 A 33-year-old White woman was evaluated in the hospital for painful new-onset blue and purple nodules on the tips of 3 fingers and 2 toes, 7 days after receiving the Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (Figure 1).