Opportunistic infections and biologic therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: consensus recommendations for infection reporting during clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance

K L Winthrop; S A Novosad; J W Baddley; L Calabrese; T Chiller; P Polgreen; F Bartalesi; M Lipman; X Mariette; O Lortholary; M E Weinblatt; M Saag; J Smolen

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207841

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Opportunistic infections and biologic therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: consensus recommendations for infection reporting during clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance

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K L Winthrop Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S A Novosad Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J W Baddley Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Calabrese Department of Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T Chiller US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P Polgreen Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F Bartalesi Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Lipman Division of Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust & University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
X Mariette Department of Rheumatology, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, INSERM U1184, Le Kremlin – Bicêtre, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
O Lortholary Université Paris Descartes, Centre d'Infectiologie Necker Pasteur, IHU Imagine, Hôpital Necker Enfants maladies, and Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, CNRS URA3012, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M E Weinblatt Department of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Saag Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Smolen Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Kevin L Winthrop, Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239, USA; Winthrop{at}ohsu.edu

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Winthrop KL, Novosad SA, Baddley JW, et al

Opportunistic infections and biologic therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: consensus recommendations for infection reporting during clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2015;74:2107-2116.

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Received April 24, 2015
Revised July 31, 2015
Accepted August 28, 2015
First published September 22, 2015.

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