Abstract

Biologic therapy is not associated with increased COVID-19 severity in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa: Initial findings from the Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry

Highlights

  • Values in bold are values that are statistically significant (P value \.05)

  • To the Editor: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) patients may be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 and poor outcomes due to comorbidities and biologic treatment.[1]

  • COVID-19 cases in HS patients were reported in the Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry from April 5, 2020, to February 2, 2021.1 Eligible cases had confirmed diagnosis of HS by a health care provider (HCP) or screening questions and COVID-19 diagnosis by an HCP

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Introduction

Values in bold are values that are statistically significant (P value \.05). Cutoff value for statistical significance #.05. To the Editor: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) patients may be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 and poor outcomes due to comorbidities and biologic treatment.[1] COVID-19 cases in HS patients were reported in the Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry (https://hscovid.ucsf.edu/) from April 5, 2020, to February 2, 2021.1 Eligible cases had confirmed diagnosis of HS by a health care provider (HCP) or screening questions and COVID-19 diagnosis by an HCP.

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