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      Effective Treatment with Tocilizumab in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Complicated with Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1-associated Myelopathy

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          A 61-year-old woman with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) and interstitial pneumonia (IP) was admitted to our hospital. She complained of sicca symptoms, polyarthralgia, and swollen joints. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Sjögren's syndrome. Methotrexate and anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy were not utilized because of the inclusion of severe respiratory disorders among the complications and the neurological symptoms of HAM/TSP. Tocilizumab monotherapy improved the RA disease activity without exacerbating HAM/TSP. The present case suggests that tocilizumab might be a suitable treatment option in patients with RA and HAM/TSP.

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          Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia: associations with prednisone, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.

          Frederick Wolfe, Liron Caplan, Kaleb Michaud (2006)
          Pneumonia is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was undertaken to determine the rate and predictors of hospitalization for pneumonia and the extent to which specific RA treatments increase pneumonia risk. RA patients (n = 16,788) were assessed semiannually for 3.5 years. Pneumonia was confirmed by medical records or detailed patient interview. Covariates included RA severity measures, diabetes, pulmonary disease, and myocardial infarction. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to determine the multivariable risk associated with RA treatments. After adjustment for covariates, prednisone use increased the risk of pneumonia hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR] 1.7 [95% confidence interval 1.5-2.0]), including a dose-related increase in risk ( 5-10 mg/day HR 2.1 [95% confidence interval 1.7-2.7], > 10 mg/day HR 2.3 [95% confidence interval 1.6-3.2]). Leflunomide also increased the risk (HR 1.2 [95% confidence interval 1.0-1.5]). HRs for etanercept (0.8 [95% confidence interval 0.6-110]) and sulfasalazine (0.7 [95% confidence interval 0.5-1.0]) did not reflect an increased risk of pneumonia. HRs for infliximab, adalimumab, and methotrexate were not significantly different from zero. There is a dose-related relationship between prednisone use and pneumonia risk in RA. No increase in risk was found for anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy or methotrexate. These data call into question the belief that low-dose prednisone is safe. Because corticosteroid use is common in RA, the results of this study suggest that prednisone exposure may have important public health consequences.
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            Current prevalence of HTLV-1 in Japan as determined by screening of blood donors.

            Kenji Tadokoro, Masahiro Satake, Kazunari Yamaguchi (2012)
            Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1), a major source of adult T-cell leukemia and related diseases, is endemic to southwestern Japan. Mother-to-infant transmission via breast milk is an important route of infection, and establishing programs to prevent such transmission requires exact figures on the HTLV-1 prevalence rate and the number of carriers. Therefore, the seroprevalence of HTLV-1 among 1,196,321 Japanese first-time blood donors from 2006 to 2007 was investigated. A total of 3,787 of such donors were confirmed to be positive for anti-HTLV-1 antibody. By applying a fitness curve to the age ranges outside the blood donor age range, the present number of HTLV-1 carriers covering ages from 0 to 99 years was estimated to be at least 1.08 million in Japan; this value was 10% lower than that reported in 1988. The adjusted overall prevalence rates were estimated to be 0.66% and 1.02% in men and women, respectively. The peak in carrier numbers was found among individuals in their 70s, which is a shift from the previous peak observed in the 1988 database among individuals in their 50s. Carriers were distributed not only in the endemic southwestern region of Japan, but throughout the country, particularly in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area. By applying population projections, it was calculated that the carrier number will decrease by half in the next two decades; however, the carrier population will age over that interval, meaning that the age of patients with adult T-cell leukemia will also be higher. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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              Revised Japanese criteria for Sjögren's syndrome (1999): availability and validity.

              Takashi Fujibayashi, Susumu Sugai, Nobuyuki Miyasaka … (2004)
              Abstract The Japanese criteria for diagnosing Sjögren's syndrome (SS) were revised in 1999, and consist of four major areas: histopathology, oral examination, ocular examination, and serological examination. A diagnosis of SS can be made when the patient meets at least two of these four criteria. This report describes how the revised Japanese criteria were established. After the publication of the revised Japanese criteria (1999), a research study which focused on evaluating its availability and validity was carried out in 2001 using funds from Grant-in-Aids for Scientific Research supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The availability of the revised criteria was investigated by a questionnaire study through the Japanese Medical Society for Sjögren's Syndrome, and the use of the revised criteria for diagnosing SS in these medical facilities was found to be 76%. To evaluate the validity of the revised criteria, the records of 900 patients, including SS patients and non-SS controls, from 54 clinical centers were registered and analyzed to calculate the accuracy of the criteria. The revised Japanese criteria were found to have 96.0% sensitivity, 90.5% specificity, and 94.5% accuracy for diagnosing SS.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Intern Med
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Intern. Med
                Title: Internal Medicine
                Publisher: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
                ISSN (Print): 0918-2918
                ISSN (Electronic): 1349-7235
                Publication date (Electronic): 23 April 2020
                Publication date (Print): 1 August 2020
                Volume: 59
                Issue: 15
                Pages: 1891-1897
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Laboratory Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan
                [2 ]Division of Neurology, Respirology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan
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                Correspondence to Dr.　Kunihiko Umekita, kunihiko_umekita@ 123456med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

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                DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4455-20
                PMC ID: 7474999
                PubMed ID: 32321893
                SO-VID: d1f0d691-40bb-4a08-984d-e2538d158e8a
                Copyright © Copyright © 2020 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
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                The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

                History
                Date received : 9 January 2020
                Date accepted : 2 March 2020
                Categories
                Subject: Case Report

                Keywords: antirheumatic therapy,biologic,human t-cell leukemia virus type 1,myelopathy,rheumatoid arthritis,tocilizumab
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                Keywords: antirheumatic therapy, biologic, human t-cell leukemia virus type 1, myelopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, tocilizumab

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