ArticlePloS one2017
Association between a history of mycobacterial infection and the risk of newly diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome: A nationwide, population-based case-control study.
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- Infectious comorbidities in pregnant patients with rheumatic diseases.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- Autoimmune Diseases and Mycobacterial Infection.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Hospitalizations for infections in primary Sjögren's syndrome patients: a nationwide incidence study.Annals of medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical and laboratory evaluation of sicca complaints: distinctive aspects of primary, secondary and non-Sjogren syndrome.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2022Article
- Clinical characteristics and related influencing factors of common rheumatic diseases concomitant with tuberculosis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms breaking immune tolerance in inborn errors of immunity.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2021Review
- Association of the Risk of Primary Sjögren's Syndrome With Fibrocystic Breast Disease: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- CutaneousInfection and drug resistance · 2021Article
- Complicated case ofAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2020Article
- The Rise of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterial Lung Disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Associations between Antibiotics for Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection and Incident Sjögren's Syndrome: A Nationwide, Population-based Case-control Study.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- The risk of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: a nationwide, population-based cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Gene Expression Signatures in Tuberculosis Have Greater Overlap with Autoimmune Diseases Than with Infectious Diseases.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2017Article
- Connective tissue diseases: Mycobacterial infection and Sjögren syndrome.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2017Article
- First Association of Interleukin 12 Receptor Beta 1 Deficiency with Sjögren's Syndrome.Frontiers in immunology · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo address the association between a history of tuberculosis (TB) or nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection and the risk of newly diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome (SS).
methodsUsing a nationwide, population-based, claims dataset, and after excluding those who had rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus, we identified 5,751 newly diagnosed SS cases during 2007-2012, and compared them to 86,265 non-SS controls matched (1:15) for age, sex, and the year of first SS diagnosis date. The association between the risk of incident SS and a history of mycobacterial infection, including TB and NTM, was quantified by calculating odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using conditional logistic regression analysis after adjustment for Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) and bronchiectasis.
resultsThe mean age was 55±14 years, and the proportion of female gender was 87.8% in both newly diagnosed SS cases andnon-SS controls. An association was observed between NTM infection (OR, 11.24; 95% CI, 2.37-53.24) and incident SS, but not between TB infection and incident SS (OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 0.97-1.71) after adjustment for CCI and bronchiectasis. The association between NTM and SS risk was remarkably strong among those aged between 45 and 65 years (OR, 39.24; 95% CI, 3.97-387.75) and those without bronchiectasis (OR, 39.98; 95% CI, 3.83-376.92).
conclusionThe study reveals a significant association of newly diagnosed SS with a history NTM infection, especially among individuals aged 40-65 years or those without bronchiectasis.
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