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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Sep 18;34(3):457–464. doi: 10.1007/s10067-014-2779-8

Table 3.

Types of infection by study group

TNF group (n=20) Non-TNF group (n=36) p value
Viral infectionsa Total no. of infections 24 42
No. of subjects affected 12 (60 %) 22 (61 %) 1.00
Gastrointestinal infections Total no. of infections 8 8
No. of subjects affected 5 (25 %) 5 (14 %) 0.47
Skin and soft tissue infectionsb Total no. of infections 2 6
No. of subjects affected 2 (10 %) 5 (14 %) 1.00
Upper respiratory tract infectionsc Total no. of infections 11 20
No. of subjects affected 8 (40 %) 12 (33 %) 0.77
Lower respiratory tract infectionsd Total no. of infections 4 3
No. of subjects affected 4 (20 %) 3 (8 %) 0.23
Total infections overall 49 79
Total no. of subjects with ANY infection overall 15 (75 %) 29 (81 %) 0.74
a

Includes influenza in 3 non-TNF subjects (versus 0 TNF subjects)

b

Includes localized herpes zoster infection in 1 non-TNF subject (versus 0 TNF subjects)

c

Includes ear, sinus, and throat infections

d

Includes bronchitis and pneumonia