First flare of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
First flare of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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10.1016/s2665-9913(20)30396-9
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发表时间:
2021-01
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Balandraud N
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Perrot L;Hemon M;Busnel JM;Muis-Pistor O;Picard C;Zandotti C;Pham T;Roudier J;Desplat-Jego S;Balandraud N
Comment www. thelancet. com/rheumatology Vol 3 January 2021 e7 before the onset of clinical symptoms; and the presence of human leukocyte anti gen (HLA)-DR alleles that express the so-called shared epitope that is associated with a high risk of developing rheuma toid arthritis. 2 Why clinical polyarthritis occurs in some individuals with these elements is unknown, but external factors such as viral infection could act as a trigger. Indeed, although a definitive mechanistic link between viruses and the induction of autoreactivity is far from established, several studies in humans and animals have shown that viruses can induce or protect the host from autoimmune disease, depending on several factors including genetic background of the host, immune responses to infection, virus strain, viral load, and the timing of infection. 3 The COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2019 is caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which induces various influenza-like symptoms, as well as anosmia, diarrhoea, osteo articular disorders, and, in severe cases, a possible cytokine storm. 4 Here, we describe a case of ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis that occurred immediately after SARS-CoV-2 infection and discuss the potential for SARS-CoV-2 to act as an activator of clinical rheuma toid arthritis. A 60-year-old woman from Marseille, France, with a healthy body-mass index (20 kg/m²) and no notable medical history (includ ing no articular signs or symptoms) began to have cough with unusual asthenia, myalgia, abdominal pain, and headaches on April 27, 2020, when the COVID-19 case rate was very high in France. On May 1, 2020, she consulted the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Marseille. An RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 was positive, and a chest CT scan showed the presence of a nodular condensation with a frosted glass aspect, and essentially subpleural involvement, support ing a diagnosis of a mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. The patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithro mycin for 5 days and effizinc (zinc gluconate) for 10 days. Her symptoms improved in within 5–6 days, and a repeat SARS-CoV-2 PCR test (done 11 days after the first symptoms) was negative.On May 21, 2020, 25 days after the first signs of infection, the patient began to have pain in her right hand, particularly the metacarpophalangeal and inter phalangeal joints of the fifth finger, with swelling. 3–5 days later, arthritis had spread to the metacarpophalangeal joints of the first finger on her left hand and the second and third fingers on her right hand; she also had persistent