Статья: RHEUMATOLOGIC ASPECTS OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

Introduction. Coronavirus infection has received much attention over the past three years. In addition to its enormous social significance, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of conceptually new clinical aspects of human immunopathology. Due to a higher susceptibility to infectious complications, this problem is particularly relevant for patients suffering from autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRDs). In the presence of AIRDs, the possibility of developing a wide range of delayed COVID-19 effects becomes most likely. According to the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registries, of 600 cases of new coronavirus infection in patients with AIRDs, about 46% required hospitalization.