Infections and the Rheumatic Diseases
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the basic and clinical aspects of infections and infectious processes that trigger or aggravate a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders. It delivers a timely update on
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Infections and the Rheumatic Diseases
Luis R. Espinoza Editor
Infections and the Rheumatic Diseases
Editor Luis R. Espinoza LSU Health Sciences at New Orleans Louisiana State University New Orleans, LA USA
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Foreword
The intersection of infectious diseases and rheumatology has progressed at a torrid rate over the past generation; thus, it is timely to welcome such a comprehensive book as Infections and the Rheumatic Diseases for both the practitioner and for those engaged in basic and clinical investigations in this evolving field. Conceptually, the field can be viewed as a triptych painting, whereby in one frame infections are viewed as the etiology of rheumatic signs, symptoms, or as the cause of distinct nosological diseases (e.g., hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinemia). Alternatively, in another frame, infections may represent formidable comorbidities to be dealt with by clinicians attempting to balance immunosuppressive regimens with a wide variety of chronic latent or persistent infections (e.g., hepatitis B or HIV). The final frame of this exhibit is the growing field of infections induced by our immune-based therapies which range from merely the frequent and mild ubiquitous respiratory infections observed to be increased in virtually every clinical trial of biologic and non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or the increasingly recognize
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