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Rudd N, Gonzalez N, Kohn MA, Valladares HC, Chang AY, Kim S, Amerson EH. Association between psoriasis and cardiometabolic comorbidities in a racially and ethnically diverse low-income primary care population. Clin Exp Dermatol 2024; 49:155-159. [PMID: 37874979 DOI: 10.1093/ced/llad359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
Abstract
Psoriasis is associated with cardiometabolic comorbidities, including obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension. Many studies that established these associations originated from primarily White and/or relatively affluent populations. To evaluate whether there is a differential risk for cardiometabolic comorbidities in racial/ethnic minorities, we performed a cross-sectional analysis comparing cardiometabolic comorbidities between those with and without psoriasis in a racially and ethnically diverse population of 56 987 low-income patients, stratified by race/ethnicity, and assessed whether race/ethnicity acts as an effect modifier for cardiometabolic comorbidities. We found that psoriasis was statistically significantly associated with obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension. The association of psoriasis with comorbidities did not differ significantly by race/ethnicity; thus, we did not find evidence of effect modification. However, our diverse, low-income population had an extremely high baseline prevalence of cardiometabolic comorbidities compared with previous populations studied. Our results suggest education and intervention regarding modifiable risk factors are particularly important among vulnerable populations.
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- Nora Rudd
- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Dermatology
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Dermatology
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Wilkerson K, De Marchis E, Rudd N, Williams JC, Pantell M, Ackerman SL, Amerson EH, Chang AY. Patient Perspectives on Social Risk Screening and Documentation in a Dermatology Clinic. JAMA Dermatol 2023; 159:1346-1358. [PMID: 37878278 PMCID: PMC10600715 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.3887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
Abstract
Importance Providing person-centered dermatologic care includes consideration of social risk factors, such as housing instability and unreliable transportation, that may affect clinical management. Patients' perspectives on social risk screening and documentation in dermatology clinics have not yet been evaluated. Objective To understand patients' perspectives on social risk screening and documentation in a dermatology clinic. Design, Setting, and Participants This mixed-methods study used a survey and semistructured interviews and was conducted in a general dermatology clinic at a large urban public hospital. Patients at the clinic were eligible to complete the survey if they were 18 years or older; able to speak and read English, Spanish, or Cantonese; and comfortable using a computer tablet. Survey participants who preferred to use English were eligible for interviews. The survey included social risk screening questions, measures of acceptability, and questions on social risk factors associated with patient acceptability. Semistructured interviews were conducted to explore attitudes and beliefs about social risk screening and documentation. Survey and interview findings were integrated during data analysis through development of themes and joint display. Data were analyzed from December 2021 to April 2023. Main Outcomes and Measures There were 2 outcome measures of acceptability: appropriateness of screening in a dermatology clinic and comfort with documentation of social risk in the electronic health record (EHR). Results A total of 135 participants (including 73 males [54.1%]) answered both measures of acceptability in the survey. Of these participants, 116 (85.9%) reported that social risk screening in their dermatology clinic was very or somewhat appropriate and 85 (63.0%) reported being completely or somewhat comfortable with having their social risks documented in the EHR. Themes that were developed from surveys and interviews were the (1) role of interpersonal factors in willingness to disclose social risks, (2) implications of institutional trust for willingness to disclose and comfort with documentation, and (3) relevance of screening in a dermatology clinic. Conclusions and Relevance Results of this study showed that most participants found social risk screening to be appropriate in a dermatology clinic, although a smaller proportion of participants were comfortable with EHR documentation of their social risks. Optimizing patients' trust in their physicians and the medical system, while addressing privacy and discrimination concerns, may help facilitate disclosure of social risks.
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- Kamina Wilkerson
- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
- Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
- Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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Bang AS, Zakaria A, Williams JC, Amerson EH, Leslie KS. Distribution of skin diseases among patients using methamphetamine. J Am Acad Dermatol 2023; 88:741-743. [PMID: 36228945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Alexander S Bang
- Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Dermatology, Stanford Medicine, Redwood City, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Amerson EH, Castillo Valladares HB, Leslie KS. Resurgence of Syphilis in the US-USPSTF Reaffirms Screening Guidelines. JAMA Dermatol 2022; 158:1241-1243. [PMID: 36166232 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.3499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Erin H Amerson
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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Bang AS, Zakaria A, Amerson EH. 32318 Prevalence of skin diseases in methamphetamine users. J Am Acad Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.06.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Rudd N, Zakaria A, Kohn MA, Amerson EH, Fox LP, Linos E, Chang AY. 32700 Association between body lice infestation and decreased hemoglobin values. J Am Acad Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.06.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Rudd N, Zakaria A, Kohn MA, Amerson EH, Fox LP, Linos E, Chang AY. Association of Body Lice Infestation With Hemoglobin Values in Hospitalized Dermatology Patients. JAMA Dermatol 2022; 158:691-693. [PMID: 35442410 PMCID: PMC9021977 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.0818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nora Rudd
- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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Zakaria A, Abuabara K, Szumowski J, Kim-Lim P, Fox LP, Amerson EH, Chang AY. Association Between Homelessness and Group A Streptococcus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Among Hospitalized Dermatology Consult Patients. JAMA Dermatol 2022; 158:321-323. [PMID: 35138340 PMCID: PMC8829726 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.5845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Adam Zakaria
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine,School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
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- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California,Division of HIV, ID, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine,Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine,Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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Williams J, Amerson EH, Chang AY. How Dermatologists Can Address the Structural and Social Determinants of Health-From Awareness to Action. JAMA Dermatol 2022; 158:351-352. [PMID: 35171200 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.5925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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Williams JC, Maxey AE, Wei ML, Amerson EH. A cross-sectional analysis of Medicaid acceptance among US dermatology residency training programs. J Am Acad Dermatol 2021; 86:453-455. [PMID: 34597750 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Jazzmin C Williams
- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California; Dermatology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California; Dermatology Service, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California.
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Zakaria A, Amerson EH. Effect of teledermatology triage on primary care and dermatology provider workloads: a retrospective cohort analysis. Dermatol Online J 2021; 27. [PMID: 34755990 DOI: 10.5070/d327955148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Adam Zakaria
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Merrill ED, Kashem SW, Amerson EH, Pincus LB, Lang UE, Shinkai K, Chang AY. Association of Facial Pustular Neutrophilic Eruption With Messenger RNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. JAMA Dermatol 2021; 157:1128-1130. [PMID: 34319363 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.2474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.,Dermatopathology Service, Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California.,Dermatopathology Service, Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.,Department of Dermatology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, California
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Zakaria A, Amerson EH, Kim-Lim P, Fox L, Chang AY. Characterization of dermatological diagnoses among hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness. Clin Exp Dermatol 2021; 47:117-120. [PMID: 34236725 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
While previous studies have characterized the types of dermatological disease among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the outpatient setting, dermatological disease among hospitalized PEH has never been evaluated. Therefore, we performed a cross-sectional analysis of hospitalized patients who received dermatology consultations at two San Francisco hospitals between March 2018 and March 2020 and compared the odds of diagnostic categories between PEH and patients with stable housing. In both unadjusted and adjusted analyses, PEH had significantly higher odds of bacterial skin infections [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.29, 95% CI 1.46-3.61], ectoparasitic disease (aOR = 9.43, 95% CI 3.79-23.47), psoriasis or seborrhoeic dermatitis (aOR = 2.50, 95% CI 1.43-4.36) and venous stasis or lymphoedema (aOR = 2.54, 95% CI 1.23-5.27) and significantly lower odds of drug reactions (aOR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.18-0.67). Overall, these findings highlight the unique dermatological challenges among hospitalized PEH and suggest potential strategies to facilitate equitable dermatology care delivery.
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- A Zakaria
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Sarah J Coates
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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Nguyen A, Katz KA, Leslie KS, Amerson EH. Inconsistent Collection and Reporting of Gender Minority Data in HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance Across the United States in 2015. Am J Public Health 2019; 108:S274-S276. [PMID: 30383426 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2018.304607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To describe collection and reporting of gender data, including for transgender individuals and other gender minorities, in HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance in the United States. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of the top 50 US jurisdictions in 2015 for incident infections of HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, or primary and secondary syphilis. For each jurisdiction, we described gender-reporting options on HIV and STI data collection forms (also called confidential morbidity report forms) and data surveillance reports, which present aggregate data at either the county or the state level. RESULTS Seventy-one jurisdictions were among the top 50 for at least 1 infection, and we included them. Gender minority categories appeared on 60 of 71 (85%) HIV confidential morbidity report forms and 33 of 70 (47%) STI confidential morbidity report forms, and in 22 of 71 (31%) HIV surveillance reports and 8 of 71 (11%) STI surveillance reports. CONCLUSIONS Collection and reporting of gender data were suboptimal and inconsistent. Gender minority data were collected more often than reported, suggesting barriers to reporting. Health departments should standardize collection and reporting of gender data in HIV and STI surveillance to better inform prevention and control efforts.
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- Andy Nguyen
- Andy Nguyen is with the Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Kenneth A. Katz is with the Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA. Kieron S. Leslie and Erin H. Amerson are with the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Andy Nguyen is with the Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Kenneth A. Katz is with the Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA. Kieron S. Leslie and Erin H. Amerson are with the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Andy Nguyen is with the Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Kenneth A. Katz is with the Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA. Kieron S. Leslie and Erin H. Amerson are with the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Andy Nguyen is with the Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Kenneth A. Katz is with the Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA. Kieron S. Leslie and Erin H. Amerson are with the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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Woodruff CM, Schulman JM, Amerson EH. Progressive papular eruption on the face and groin. Cutis 2017; 99:E4-E6. [PMID: 28319628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Carina M Woodruff
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis Health System, Sacramento, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Chua SL, Amerson EH, Leslie KS, McCalmont TH, Leboit PE, Martin JN, Bangsberg D, Maurer TA. Factors associated with pruritic papular eruption of human immunodeficiency virus infection in the antiretroviral therapy era. Br J Dermatol 2015; 170:832-9. [PMID: 24641299 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pruritic papular eruption (PPE) of HIV is common in HIV-infected populations living in the tropics. Its aetiology has been attributed to insect bite reactions and it is reported to improve with antiretroviral therapy (ART). Its presence after at least 6 months of ART has been proposed as one of several markers of treatment failure. OBJECTIVES To determine factors associated with PPE in HIV-infected persons receiving ART. METHODS A case-control study nested within a 500-person cohort from a teaching hospital in Mbarara, Uganda. Forty-five cases and 90 controls were enrolled. Cases had received ART for ≥ 15 months and had an itchy papular rash for at least 1 month with microscopic correlation by skin biopsy. Each case was individually matched with two controls for age, sex and ART duration. RESULTS Twenty-five of 45 cases (56%) had microscopic findings consistent with PPE. At skin examination and biopsy (study enrolment), a similar proportion of PPE cases and matched controls had plasma HIV RNA < 400 copies mL(-1) (96% vs. 85%, P = 0·31). The odds of having PPE increased fourfold with every log increase in viral load at ART initiation (P = 0·02) but not at study enrolment. CD4 counts at ART initiation and study enrolment, and CD4 gains and CD8(+) T-cell activation measured 6 and 12 months after ART commencement were not associated with PPE. Study participants who reported daily insect bites had greater odds of being cases [odds ratio (OR) 8·3, P < 0·001] or PPE cases (OR 8·6, P = 0·01). CONCLUSIONS Pruritic papular eruption in HIV-infected persons receiving ART for ≥ 15 months was associated with greater HIV viraemia at ART commencement, independent of CD4 count. Skin biopsies are important to distinguish between PPE and other itchy papular eruptions.
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- S L Chua
- Department of Dermatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2WB, U.K
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Forrestel AK, Naujokas A, Martin JN, Maurer TA, McCalmont TH, Laker-Opwonya MO, Mulyowa G, Busakhala N, Amerson EH. Bacillary angiomatosis masquerading as Kaposi's sarcoma in East Africa. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care 2014; 14:21-5. [PMID: 24718378 DOI: 10.1177/2325957414521497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a rare manifestation of infection caused by Bartonella species, which leads to vasoproliferative lesions of skin and other organs. Bacillary angiomatosis affects individuals with advanced HIV disease or other immunocompromised individuals. In sub-Saharan Africa, despite the high prevalence of HIV infection and documentation of the causative Bartonella species in humans, mammalian hosts, and arthropod vectors, BA has only rarely been described. METHODS Three adult patients from Uganda and Kenya with deep purple dome-shaped papules or nodules of the skin underwent punch biopsies for histopathologic diagnosis. The biopsies of all 3 patients were sent to a local pathologist as well as to a dermatopathologist at the University of California, San Francisco. RESULTS All 3 patients were clinically suspected to have Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), and local pathologists had interpreted the lesions as KS in 2 of the cases and nonspecific inflammation in the third. Histologic examination by dermatopathologists in the United States revealed nodular dermal proliferations of irregular capillaries lined by spindled to epithelioid endothelial cells. The surrounding stroma contained a mixed inflammatory infiltrate with lymphocytes, eosinophils, and neutrophils. Extracellular deposits of pale amphophilic granular material were noted in the surrounding stroma. A Warthin-Starry stain highlighted clumps of bacilli, confirming the diagnosis of BA. CONCLUSIONS These 3 cases, to our knowledge, are the first reports of BA in East Africa in the biomedical literature. Each had been originally incorrectly diagnosed as KS. We speculate BA is underdiagnosed and underreported in resource-poor regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, that have high endemic rates of HIV infection.
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- A K Forrestel
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda
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- Skin Clinic, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
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- Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Zitelli KB, Zedek D, Ranganathan P, Amerson EH. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lip associated with adalimumab therapy for ankylosing spondylitis: a case report and review of TNF-α inhibitors and cutaneous carcinoma risk. Cutis 2013; 92:35-39. [PMID: 23961524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Adalimumab is an anti-tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) agent approved for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS); psoriatic arthritis; and moderate to severe cases of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), plaque psoriasis, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Evidence suggests that anti-TNF-α agents may increase a patient's risk for some types of cancers, including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Cutaneous nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) have occurred during treatment with etanercept, infliximab, and adalimumab in the setting of RA and psoriasis, but data related to AS are less clear. We report the case of a 29-year-old woman with AS treated with adalimumab for 2 years who developed invasive SCC of the lower lip. We advocate increased NMSC surveillance in patients undergoing treatment with anti-TNF-α agents.
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MESH Headings
- Adalimumab
- Adult
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use
- Antirheumatic Agents/adverse effects
- Antirheumatic Agents/pharmacology
- Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/chemically induced
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Etanercept
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G/adverse effects
- Immunoglobulin G/pharmacology
- Immunoglobulin G/therapeutic use
- Infliximab
- Lip/pathology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/therapeutic use
- Skin Neoplasms/chemically induced
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing/drug therapy
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
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Scharschmidt TC, Amerson EH, Rosenberg OS, Jacobs RA, McCalmont TH, Shinkai K. Immune reconstitution reactions in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients: report of a case and review of the literature. JAMA Dermatol 2013; 149:74-8. [PMID: 23324760 DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamadermatol.503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a phenomenon initially described in patients with human immunodeficiency virus. Upon initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy, recovery of cellular immunity triggers inflammation to a preexisting infection or antigen that causes paradoxical worsening of clinical disease. A similar phenomenon can occur in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients, including pregnant women, neutropenic hosts, solid-organ or stem cell transplant recipients, and patients receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors. OBSERVATIONS We report a case of leprosy unmasking and downgrading reaction after stem cell transplantation that highlights some of the challenges inherent to the diagnosis of IRIS, especially in patients without human immunodeficiency virus infection, as well as review the spectrum of previously reported cases of IRIS reactions in this population. CONCLUSIONS The mechanism of immune reconstitution reactions is complex and variable, depending on the underlying antigen and the mechanism of immunosuppression or shift in immune status. Use of the term IRIS can aid our recognition of an important phenomenon that occurs in the setting of immunosuppression or shifts in immunity but should not deter us from thinking critically about the distinct processes that underlie this heterogeneous group of conditions.
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