N° | Age/ Sex | Type of damage | HPV-B19 markers | CRP, mg/l | Immunological abnormalities | Treatment | Clinical status during follow-up | Residuals symptomsa | PCR negativationa/ Time to negativation, months | Follow-up, months | |||
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IgM/IgG | Blood/TissueDNA | M1 | M6 | M12 | |||||||||
1 | 40/F | Symmetrical polyarthralgia, palpable purpura with subcutaneous nodules | +/+ | NP/NP | 58 | None | None | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
2 | 28/F | Symmetrical polyarthralgia, myalgia, exanthema | +/+ | NP/NP | 4 | None | NSAIDs | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
3 | 24/M | Symmetrical polyarthralgia; exanthema, PPGSS | +/+ | NP/NP | < 3 | None | CS 1 mg/kg/d | CR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
4 | 28/M | Symmetrical polyarthralgia | +/+ | NP/NP | 9 | ANA+ | None | CR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
5 | 49/M | Arthromyalgia with axial involvement, elevated liver enzymes | +/+ | NP/NP | 23 | NP | NSAIDs | CR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
6 | 37/F | Polyarthritis; slapped-cheek rash, hands edema | +/+ | NP/NP | 21 | ANA+, LA+ | None | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
7 | 38/F | HLH, acute myopericarditis, pleural effusion; polyarthritis | +/+ | +/+(BM) | 4 | ANA+, RF+, ACPA+, aCL Abs+ (IgG), anti β2GP1 Abs+ (IgG) | NSAIDs, IVIg, CS 10 mg/d, MTX, anti- TNF-α, anti-IL6R | S | S | S | IPPJ synovitisb | Yes/11 | 15 |
8 | 38/M | Symmetrical polyarthralgia; thighs myalgia | +/+ | NP/NP | 35 | ANA+, anti-dsDNA+, aCL Abs+ (IgG, IgM), C4↓ | NSAIDs, HCQ, CS 30 mg/d, MTX | S | PR | PR | Arthralgia | NA/NA | 12 |
9 | 24/F | Febrile acute polyarthritis with axial involvement | +/+ | NP/NP | 132 | ANA+ | NSAIDs | PR | PR | PR | Migratory polyarthragia, asthenia | NA/NA | 13 |
10 | 38/F | Distal polyarthritis | +/+ | +/NP | < 3 | ANA+, anti-dsDNA+, C4↓ | NSAIDs | PR | PR | – | None | No/NA | 9 |
11 | 34/F | Polyarthritis; exanthema; asthenia | +/+ | NP/NP | 114 | ANA+, RF+, ANCA+ | NSAIDs, CS 0.1 mg/kg/d, MTX, HCQ + NSAIDs | W | S | S | Noneb | NA/NA | 89 |
12 | 32/F | Polyarthritis; exanthema, livedo; hands and feet edema; transient proteinuria | +/+ | +/NP | 32 | None | NSAIDs, colchicine, IVIg, HCQ, myorelaxant, antidepressants | S | S | S | Asthenia, arthromyalgia | Yes/21 | 48 |
13 | 42/F | Polyarthritis, asthenia | +/+ | NP/NP | NA | ANA+, anti-dsDNA+, aCL Abs+ (IgG, IgM) | NSAIDs | PR | CR | – | None | NA/NA | 6 |
14 | 39/F | Cyclical and diffuse arthromyalgia, exanthema | +/+ | +/NP | 12 | None | Antidepressants CS 1 mg/kg | S | S | S | None | Yes/18 | 25 |
15 | 24/F | Polyarthritis, exanthema | +/+ | NP/NP | 7 | ANA+, RF+, ACPA+ | NSAIDs, CS 1 mg/kg | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
16c | 37/F | Symmetrical and febrile polyarthralgia, calves myalgia | +/+ | +/NP | 34 | RF+, C4↓, abundant mixed cryoglobulin (type II)d | NSAIDs | PR | CR | – | None | No/NA | 6 |
17 | 44/M | Nephrotic syndrome, ARF | NA/NA | +/NP | 60 | NA | Pulsed MP, oral CS 1 mg/kg/d, ACEIs + ARBs, IVIg | W | S | W | Nephrotic syndrome, ESRD | No/NA | 23 |
18 | 56/F | Febrile polyarthritis; palpable purpura; nephritic syndrome; ARF; asthenia | +/NA | +/NP | 31 | ANA+, anti-dsDNA+, ANCA+, C4↓ | Diuretics, ACEIs | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 30 |
19 | 22/F | Acute nephritic syndrome | +/+ | NP/NP | 17 | Anti-dsDNA+, ANCA+, C4↓ | Diuretics | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 12 |
20 | 37/F | Pure sensory axonal mononeuritis multiplex | −/+ | +/NP | < 3 | None | CS 1 mg/kg/d, AEDs, IVIg | W | W | PR | Hypoesthesia | No/NA | 25 |
21 | 42/F | Left ulnar mononeuritis, necrotic purpura with PPGSS | +/+ | +/NP | 8 | ANA+, RF+, cryoglobulin (type III) | CS 20 mg/d, AEDs, IVIg | W | PR | – | Numbness 5th finger | No/NA | 7 |
22 | 30/F | GBS, polyarthralgia, exanthema, lymphadenopathy | +/− | +/− (CSF) | 40 | None | IVIg | PR | CR | CR | None | No but ↓↓/NA | 18 |
23 | 37/F | PPGSS, palpable purpura; symmetrical polyarthralgia | +/+ | +/NP | 7 | None | NSAIDs, CS 1 mg/kg/d | CR | – | – | None | No/NA | 4 |
24 | 39/M | Palpable purpura & subcutaneous nodules; arthralgia | +/+ | −/− (skin) | 12 | Very low mixed cryoglobulin (type II) | NSAIDs, CS 1 mg/kg/d, colchicine, dapsone | PR | PR | CR | None | NA/NA | 13 |
25 | 83/F | Asthenia, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly with spleen infarcts, PPGSS | +/+ | -/NP | 40 | ANA+ | None | PR | CR | CR | None | NA/NA | 14 |