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Other autoimmune disease

Autoimmune disease news when it overlaps with Crohn's disease, IBD, immune-mediated conditions, treatments, or patient care.

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Cytomegalovirus Gastrointestinal Disease Masquerading as Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient with Occult HIV Infection Receiving Biologics: A Case Report.
Case reports in gastroenterology

Cytomegalovirus Gastrointestinal Disease Masquerading as Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient with Occult HIV Infection Receiving Biologics: A Case Report.

Opportunistic infections like CMV can closely mimic IBD symptoms and may be unmasked or worsened by powerful immunomodulatory drugs. Missing an underlying diagnosis such as advanced HIV can lead to serious harm but is...

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Cross-Disease Microbiome Signatures Associated with Autoimmune Disorders: A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Public Sequencing Datasets
Europe PMC

Cross-Disease Microbiome Signatures Associated with Autoimmune Disorders: A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Public Sequencing Datasets

Shared gut microbiome shifts across autoimmune diseases could suggest common microbial factors relevant to immune regulation and might eventually inform diagnostics or therapies relevant to people with IBD.

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Rate of Autoimmune Diseases in the 10 Years Preceding Myasthenia Gravis Diagnosis: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea.
Neurology

Rate of Autoimmune Diseases in the 10 Years Preceding Myasthenia Gravis Diagnosis: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea.

This study highlights that people who go on to develop myasthenia gravis had higher rates of other autoimmune diagnoses in the years beforehand, which may be relevant for clinicians tracking autoimmune comorbidity...

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Rescue Vedolizumab Therapy for a Rare Case of Complicated Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Journal of clinical medicine

Rescue Vedolizumab Therapy for a Rare Case of Complicated Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report and Literature Review.

This case report describes successful use of vedolizumab to treat severe UC in a patient who also had PSC and SLE — a rare and complex combination. Patients and clinicians may find it relevant when considering biologic...

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Immune cell-derived membrane nanovesicles: A promethean fire for autoimmune disease therapy through immune cell mimicry.

This review describes a novel, targeted drug-delivery approach being explored for autoimmune diseases including IBD; such technology could in future enable more specific immunomodulation with fewer systemic side effects...

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