Outcome of COVID-19 in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy during the Omicron wave in China: A longitudinal observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The coronavirus disease pandemic brought unknown challenges to patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, who are often heavily immunosuppressed and have comorbidities. We aimed to investigate the outcomes and risk factors of coronavirus disease in Chinese patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy during the Omicron wave.

Methods

This observational study included patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy who visited the China-Japan Friendship Hospital. Data on baseline characteristics and coronavirus disease-related information were collected through medical records and surveys, and subsequently analysed.

Results

Overall, 204 patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy were identified; dermatomyositis was the most common idiopathic inflamma

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11809795 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature