Is this episode clinically relevant? No. Is it important? I think so! The story of Bartonella features a cast of characters, including a medical student who died trying to understand the disease, as well as some scientists with some less than ethical experiments. Enjoy! Intro :01 Welcome to another exciting episode of Rheuminations :11 About today’s episode 1:12 More discussion of Bartonella quintana 2:52 How did we figure out the lice were actually the problem? 7:32 When do we figure out what this infection organism is? 11:51 A quick refresher of Koch’s postulates 12:58 How did they get the volunteers to do this? 13:33 The story of how Bartonella got its name 17:00 What is Bartonella bacilliformis? 17:38 Who is Richard Strong? 26:29 How do we finally prove that Carrion’s disease is what Carrion had proven? 28:25 About Bartonella henselae 32:21 Recapping the episode 36:39 Thanks for listening 37:24 We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum. Disclosure: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. References:  Anstead GM. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016;16:e164–172. Salinas-Flores D.  Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 2016;64:517. Schultz MG. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1968;17:503-515. Vinson JW, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1969;18:713-22.

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A Cat in Wolves' Clothing, Part 2: The History of Bartonella

Bartonella is an important mimic of a variety of autoimmune diseases, and it can be subtle. This episode tackles the ways in which this strange organism can present to a rheumatologist. Brought to you by Genentech Intro :01 Today’s episode :15 Overview of Bartonella 1:57 Inspiration for this episode 4:17 Bartonella, what are you? 7:24 About Bartonella quintana 12:32 Take-away so far 16:07 Core symptoms and rheumatologic aspects 17:15 About serologies 24:51 Key takeaways from this episode 28:09 Check out Rheum + Boards on Healio at com/rheumandboards 28:31 Disclosure: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum and be sure to check out Rheum + Boards – your destination for rheumatology education and quizzes! References: Aslangul E, et al. J Rheumatol. 2014;doi:10.3899/jrheum.130150. Beydon M, et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021;doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keab691. Im JH, et al. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2018;18:291-296. Jacobs RF, Schutze GE. Clin Infect Dis. 1998;26:80-84. Maman E, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45:1535-1540. Raybould JE, et al. Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltimore). 2016;24:254-260. Zangwill KM, et al. N Engl J Med. 1993;329:8-13.

A Cat in Wolves’ Clothing: Bartonella and the Rheumatologist

This podcast series is sponsored by Vectra®. Discussion does not constitute or imply endorsement of the product. In this episode, Adam J. Brown, MD, and Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, discuss how rheumatologists can evaluate their patients for cardiovascular risk, how to counsel patients about risk factors, and the role of general wellness and wellbeing in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Intro 0:11 Today’s episode 0:32 Intro of Dr. Leonard H. Calabrese 0:48 How do you discuss cardiovascular risk with RA patients? 2:07 When do you bring up the topic of cardiovascular risk with a patient? 5:18 What lifestyle changes do you discuss with RA patients concerned about cardiovascular risk? 7:36 How do you address fatigue when discussing lifestyle adjustments with patients? 12:35 When fatigue lingers despite effective therapeutics 15:49 The importance of adopting wellness behaviors 18:00 Empowering patients to make lifestyle modifications 21:03 Thanks for listening 23:04 

Paget's and the Rheumatologist: Why Haven't I Seen This Yet?

What is Paget’s? Why is it declining across much of the globe? Find out, plus hear an interview with the head of the center for osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease at Cleveland Clinic, Chad Deal, MD. Brought to you by GSK. <ul> <li>Intro :11</li> <li>Today’s episode :27</li> <li>What is Paget’s? 1:07</li> <li>The history of Paget’s 5:35</li> <li>How often is this symptomatic? 9:30</li> <li>The epidemiology of Paget’s 13:22</li> <li>The data on viruses and Paget’s disease 21:08</li> <li>An interview with Dr. Chad Deal25:09</li> <li>The numbers are showing a decline in Paget’s disease, are you seeing that? 26:03</li> <li>Identifying Paget’s disease … who’s picking this up? 27:01</li> <li>Can you walk us through those studies again? 27:58</li> <li>Can you tell us a little bit about hypervascularity found in these patients? 30:32</li> <li>Can you walk us through the history of how the treatments have changed? 31:37</li> <li>Paget’s kind of just doesn’t go anywhere … is that what you’ve seen in your practice? 35:05</li> <li>What if the patient has poor or borderline kidney function? Do they have other options? 37:07</li> <li>Have you seen familial cases? Are people more prone to get it if someone in the family has it? 38:32</li> <li>A discussion on osteosarcoma 39:55</li> <li>Dr. Deal, thank you so much for your time and your knowledge about metabolic bone 42:46</li> <li>Episode summary 42:52</li> <li>I hope you learned something and thanks for listening! 44:47</li> </ul> Disclosure: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. Healio was unable to confirm relevant financial disclosures for Deal at the time of publication. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at <a href= "mailto:rheuminationspodcast@healio.com">rheuminationspodcast@healio.com</a>. Follow us on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/HRheuminations">@HRheuminations</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AdamJBrownMD">@AdamJBrownMD</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/HealioRheum">@HealioRheum</a> References: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780255/">Cundy T. Metabolism. 2018;80:5-14.</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17646188/">Haddaway MJ, et al. Br J Radiol. 2007;80:523-526.</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16995808/">Poór G, et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2006;21:1545-1549.</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9051858/">Renier JC, Audran M. Rev Rhum Engl Ed. 1997;64:35-43.</a> <a href= "https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Molecular_insights_into_an_ancient_form_of_Paget_s_disease_of_bone_/10208849"> Shaw B, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2019;10463-10472. </a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26284446/">Singer FR. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2015;11:662-671.</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18269308/">Wermers RA, et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2008​;23:819-825.</a> Music by <a href= "https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/?tab=audio&utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=audio&utm_content=5688"> Lesfm</a> from <a href= "https://pixabay.com/music/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=5688"> Pixabay</a>.

The final episode in this trilogy delves into the advancement in laboratory techniques that allowed for more accurate measurements of immune complexes, leading to studies in the ‘50 and ‘60s that clearly demonstrated the potential pathogenicity of immune complex-mediated disease.  Brought to you by GSK. Intro :20 Recap and in this episode :40 The precipitant reaction 3:29 The antibody story 11:25 Frank Dixon 18:20 When did people start using these techniques? 20:15 On the quest to see if immune complexes are pathogenic 24:09 Frank Dixon’s findings using radioactive iodine tagging 28:22 Episode wrap-up 29:00 Thanks for listening! 32:11 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Germuth FG Jr, et al. Johns Hopkins Med J. 1967;120:225-251. Kano K, Milgrom F. Vox Sanguinis. 1980;38:121-137. McCluskey RT, et al. J Exp Med. 1960;111:181-194. Waksman BH. Medicine (Baltimore). 1962;41:93-141.

A Sickness in the Serum, Part 3: The Search for Immune Complexes

The second episode in the series delves into the experiments and observations of Dr. Clemens (Baron) von Pirquet who first proposed that antibodies and antigens join forces to wreak havoc.  Brought to you by GSK. Intro :10 Today’s episode :26 A recap of the previous episode :43 About Baron von Pirquet 4:40 What’s going on in the study of infectious disease and immunology in the early 1900s? 6:41 Writing the paper, “Serum Sickness” 13:13 What are the antibodies doing at that time? 19:10 What happened to Dr. Pirquet? 20:44 Pirquet’s medical student, Bela Schick 25:35 Episode wrap-up 27:27 The next episode 27:56 Thanks again for listening! 29:17 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Shulman ST. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017;6:376-379. Silverstein AM. Nat Immunol. 2000;1:453-455.

A Sickness in the Serum, Part 2: The Birth of Immune Complex Disease

This episode delves into the clinical presentation of serum sickness along with a dash of Arthus reaction, to boot! Brought to you by GSK. Intro :10 Today’s episode :26 Let’s get into some cases 4:11 The Arthus reaction 6:06 What is another example of the same thing happening but on a systemic level? 7:25 Breaking down the clinical features of serum sickness 14:20 How confident are we that the compliment levels always drop? 16:26 How common is serum sickness? 19:45 The mechanistics of rituximab 21:36 A preview of parts two and three 27:37 Episode wrap-up 28:38   Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Bayer G, et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2019;67:59-64. Karmacharya P, et al. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015;35-334-340. Lawley TJ, et al. J Invest Dermatol. 1985;85:129s-132s.

A Sickness in the Serum, Part 1: Serum Sickness and the Rheumatologist

Why is hemochromatosis so common? What is iron actually doing to the joint? Does phlebotomy help? What’s going on with iron and Popeye? These are the questions we tackle in the second episode of hemochromatosis: Iron and Bone! Brought to you by GSK. Intro :19 Today’s episode :29 Why is hemochromatosis so common? 1:06 The history of Popeye the Sailor Man 3:37 Treatment with phlebotomy 8:35 Why doesn’t join pain improve? 12:03 What is Kashin-Beck disease? 14:18 Mouse studies from the 1970s 19:45 What about histology? 25:36 Episode wrap-up 28:34 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Adams PC, et al. Hepatology. 1997;25:162-166. Adams PC, et al. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:1769-1778. Brighton CT, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1970;13:849-857. Heiland GR, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69:1214-1219. Hiyeda, K. Jap Med Sci. 1939;4:91-106. Powell LW, et al. Lancet. 2016;388:706-716. Rametta R, et al. Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21:3505. Sella EJ, Goodman AH. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1973;55:1077-1081. Sutton M. Internet Journal of Criminology. 2010;1-34.

The Iron Fist, Part 2: Iron and Bone

In this episode, we dig into hemochromatosis to better understand what it is, how it affects the joints, available screening methods, as well as clues to presentation and physical exam findings. Brought to you by GSK. Intro :10 Today’s episode :26 What is hemochromatosis? 1:42 What does the iron do? 3:03 How much iron is in the body? 5:30 When do you suspect it? 7:46 What do we want to know about the joints? 9:33 About Ralph Schumacher Jr., MD, and his work 12:15 How have Schumacher’s observations held up? 14:42 What about radiographs … can they help? 16:09 What about hand OA and the gene mutation? 16:44 So, what about people with undiagnosed hemochromatosis? What do their hands look like? 18:09 What about chondrocalcinosis? 19:13 Tune in next time for part two 21:59 Episode wrap-up 22:25 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Bulaj ZJ, et al. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:1529-1535. Carroll GJ, et al. Arthritis Care Res. 2012;64:9-14. Hamilton EB, et al. Q J Med 1981;199:321–329. Jordan JM. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2004;16:62-66. Rametta R, et al. Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21:3505. Ross JM, et al. J Rheumatol. 2003;30:121-5. Schumacher HR. Arthritis Rheum. 1964;7:41–50. Timms AE, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2002;61:745–747. Ulvik RJ. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2016;136:2017-2021.

The Iron Fist, Part 1: Hemochromatosis and the Rheumatologist

In this episode, I interview the NIH team who brought you VEXAS! Hear different points of view of this disease, how it was discovered, clinical presentations, as well as where this research could lead. Then, we wrap up with Dr. Kastner’s historical take on autoinflammatory disorders! Intro :11 In this episode :12 Big thanks to Peter Grayson, MD, MSc 2:07 About our guests 2:30 The interview 5:10 How did VEXAS come about? 5:37 You had an idea of where to start looking? 6:58 What should rheumatologists know about ‘somatic mutation’? 12:31 Do you think this could be a clue to other conditions? 13:37 Can you tell us about some of the unique aspects that we see in these patients with MDS that make them atypical? 17:14 How’s the clinician going to see or note the vacuoles? 18:53 Do we have kind of a pathway for how the vacuoles are forming based on what we know about ubiquitization or is that unclear? 20:51 What’s going to raise the antenna that this isn’t “run of the mill x disease”? 23:33 How, in your experience, have patients responded to diagnoses being changed? 37:15 Where does everyone see the therapy going for this condition in the future? 41:15 Do we think that with this approach that this is going to “reshuffle the deck” of what we call certain diseases from multiple different specialties over the next decade? 44:02 Would you mind walking us through a little bit about FMF and how the different variants you saw led to further discoveries? 49:46 What was known about IL1 at the time? How did that knowledge of IL1 come along? 52:53 It’s such a true honor to have you all on 57:42 David Beck, MD, PhD, is a genetics fellow at the NIH. He can be reached at david.beck@nih.gov. Marcella A. Ferrada, MD, is Lawrence Shulman scholar at NIAMS. She can be reached at ferradama@mail.nih.gov. Peter Grayson, MD, MSc, is head of the Vasculitis Translational Research Program at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and associate director of the NIAMS fellowship program. He can be reached at peter.grayson@nih.gov. Dan Kastner, MD, PhD, is an NIH distinguished investigator in the Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch; director in the Division of Intramural Research; and head of the Inflammatory Skin Disease Section at the National Human Genome Research Institute. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum Disclosures: Beck, Brown, Ferrada, Grayson and Kastner report no relevant financial disclosures.

VEXAS

In this episode, we delve into Parvovirus B19: What does it do? How does it affect the joints? How was it discovered? Does it only infect young female schoolteachers? Find out! Brought to you by Actemra Intro :12 Shout out to Cleveland Clinic Biologic Therapies Summit 1:22 In this episode 2:11 An overview of the virus 3:46 What causes the aplastic crisis? 6:16 What does the virus do in humans? 11:46 A two-phase trial on young adults 14:29 A summary of studies 18:55 So, what happens to these patients? 22:59 How about a long-term study? 24:39 Summing up Parvovirus 19 26:42 The big takeaway from this episode 27:33 The next episode 28:06 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Anderson MJ, et al. J Infect Dis. 1985;152:257-265. Chorba T, et al. J Infect Dis. 1986;154:383-393. Moore TL. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2000;12:289-294. Mortimer PP. Nature. 1983;302:426-429. Ogawa E, et al. J Infect Chemother. 2008;14:377-382. Potter CG. J Clin Invest. 1987;79:1486-1492. Reid DM, et al. Lancet. 1985;1:422-425. Speyer I, et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1998;16:576-578. Takahashi Y, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1998;95:8227-8232. White DG, et al. Lancet. 1985;1:419-421. Young N, et al. J Clin Invest. 1984;74:2024-2032. Young NS, Brown KE. N Engl J Med. 2004;350:586-597.

Parvovirus B19: The Other 19

This episode details how psoriatic arthritis and the spondyloarthropathies came to be recognized as a distinct clinical entity after decades of nerdy arguing. Brought to you by Actemra. Intro :10 Shout out to Cleveland Clinic Biologic Therapies Summit :30 In this episode 1:29 A 30,000-foot view 2:34 When did PsA separate from rheumatoid arthritis? 3:34 Mary Stults Sherman 7:11 Verna Wright and Dr. John Moll put PsA on the map 9:09 Recognizing PsA as a disease 15:20 An anecdote about Wright 16:18 Putting the SpA puzzle pieces together 18:19 The severity of disease 19:08 Episode wrap-up 20:46 Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum References: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, London, Melbourne, New York, 1980. Espinoza LR, Helliwell P. Clinical Rheumatology. 2014;33:1335-1336. Gladman DD, et al. Q J Med. 1987;62:127-141. Kane D, et al. Rheumatology. 2003;42:1460-1468. Moll JMH. Reumatismo. 2007;59 Suppl 1:13-18. Moll JM, Wright V. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1973;3:55-78. Seronegative polyarthritis, North-Holland Pub. Co., New York, Amsterdam, 1976. Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Wright V. Am J Med. 1959;27:454-462. Wright V. Ann Rheum Dis. 1956;15:348-356. Wright V. BMJ. 1994;309:1739-1740.

The Birth of a Disease: The Story of Psoriatic Arthritis

Rheumatology is an incredibly fast-moving and exciting field of medicine that can be difficult to keep up with. This podcast provides busy clinicians with quick updates in the field of autoimmunity, with emphasis on new medications, treatment guidelines and explorations into the pathophysiology of diseases. The show will also feature historical perspectives in the field of rheumatology, as well as fascinating case presentations of medical mysteries complete with discussions from experts in the field.

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