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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
. 2021 Apr 19.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.17279. Online ahead of print.
Incidence and prognosis of COVID-19 in psoriasis patients on biologic therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Jorge R Georgakopoulos[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Asfandyar Mufti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ron Vender[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Vimal H Prajapati[SUP] 4 5 6 7 8 9 [/SUP], Jensen Yeung[SUP] 1 10 11 12 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Current guidelines recommend continuing biologic therapy in dermatologic patients who have not tested positive for or exhibited signs/symptoms of COVID-19 and postponing biologic therapy in patients who have tested positive for or exhibited signs/symptoms of COVID-19.[SUP]1-3[/SUP] In order to help guide current recommendations, we aimed to investigate the incidence and prognostic outcomes of positive ?SARS-CoV-2 infection in psoriasis patients on biologic therapy.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; biologics; coronavirus; dermatology; psoriasis; safety.
. 2021 Apr 19.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.17279. Online ahead of print.
Incidence and prognosis of COVID-19 in psoriasis patients on biologic therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Jorge R Georgakopoulos[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Asfandyar Mufti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ron Vender[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Vimal H Prajapati[SUP] 4 5 6 7 8 9 [/SUP], Jensen Yeung[SUP] 1 10 11 12 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33872431
- DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17279
Abstract
Current guidelines recommend continuing biologic therapy in dermatologic patients who have not tested positive for or exhibited signs/symptoms of COVID-19 and postponing biologic therapy in patients who have tested positive for or exhibited signs/symptoms of COVID-19.[SUP]1-3[/SUP] In order to help guide current recommendations, we aimed to investigate the incidence and prognostic outcomes of positive ?SARS-CoV-2 infection in psoriasis patients on biologic therapy.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; biologics; coronavirus; dermatology; psoriasis; safety.