SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with primary Sjogren syndrome: characterization and outcomes of 51 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the prognosis and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with primary SS.

Methods

We searched for patients with primary SS presenting with SARS-CoV-2 infection (defined following and according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control guidelines) among those included in the Big Data Sjögren Registry, an international, multicentre registry of patients diagnosed according to the 2002/2016 classification criteria.

Results

A total of 51 patients were included in the study (46 women, mean age at diagnosis of infection of 60 years). According to the number of patients with primary SS evaluated in the Registry (n = 8211), the estimated frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infection was 0.62% (95% CI 0.44, 0.80). All but two presented with sympto

SUBMITTER: Brito-Zeron P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7798705 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature