Chest Symptoms, Disease Activity at Diagnosis May Predict Risk of Hospital Infections in AAV, Study Suggests
Chest manifestations and disease activity at diagnosis may help predict the risk of infections during hospital stays in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), a retrospective study suggests. The South Korean study, “Birmingham vasculitis activity and chest manifestation at diagnosis can predict hospitalised infection in ANCA-associated vasculitis,”…