Boyarchuk Oksana, Predyk Lilya, Yuryk Iryna
Department of Children's Diseases and Pediatric Surgery, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Regional Children's Hospital, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Reumatologia. 2021;59(3):197-199. doi: 10.5114/reum.2021.107590. Epub 2021 Jul 11.
The aim of the study was to determine the frequency and the course of COVID-19 infection in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The study involved 51 patients with JIA aged 2 to 18 years. Evidence of COVID-19 was found in 10 (19.6%) patients with JIA. COVID-19 infection occurred more often in patients with systemic arthritis (OR = 6.1667, 95% CI: 1.2053-31.5511, = 0.0289). The course of COVID-19 infection in patients with JIA was generally similar to the course in the pediatric population, despite immunosuppressive therapy. In 3 out of 10 patients the infection caused an exacerbation of JIA, which required therapy escalation.
该研究的目的是确定幼年特发性关节炎(JIA)患儿中新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)感染的频率和病程。该研究纳入了51例年龄在2至18岁的JIA患者。在10例(19.6%)JIA患者中发现了COVID-19感染证据。全身型关节炎患者中COVID-19感染更为常见(比值比=6.1667,95%置信区间:1.2053-31.5511,P=0.0289)。尽管进行了免疫抑制治疗,但JIA患者中COVID-19感染的病程总体上与儿科人群相似。10例患者中有3例感染导致JIA病情加重,需要加强治疗。