Increased risk of infectious disease requiring hospitalization among patients with psoriasis: a population-based cohort.
Increased risk of infectious disease requiring hospitalization among patients with psoriasis: a population-based cohort.
M. Wakkee,E. de Vries,P. van den Haak,T. Nijsten
2011 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.08.036
Journal of American Academy of Dermatology · 116 Citations
TLDR
The risk of severe infections was significantly higher for patients with psoriasis compared with control subjects and could not be explained by exposure to systemic antipsoriatic drugs.