Zahra Masoud

Children living with HIV demonstrate deficits in bone architecture and reductions in bone strength, compared with children without HIV.

Particular antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens may decrease bone mass density (BMD) in both adolescents and older people living with HIV (PWHIV).

Interleukin (IL) therapy for the treatment of rheumatologic diseases may increase the risk for serious infections, opportunistic infections, and cancer.

Periodontitis and specifically infection with P gingivalis are associated with disease initiation of rheumatoid arthritis and may serve as targets for preventative intervention.

Inactivated hepatitis A vaccine may be safe and well tolerated in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.

Screening of asymptomatic coccidioidomycosis within a Coccidioides-endemic area allowed for identifying and managing asymptomatic cases before patients began tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor therapy.

Treatment strategies for late acute prosthetic joint infections should be individualized according to patients’ age, comorbidities, clinical presentation, and microorganism causing the infection.

Researchers assessed the incidence of Cutibacterium avidum infection in patients following primary hip arthroplasty.