Methotrexate Use Linked to Lower Infection Risk in Early RA

TOPLINE: In patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), methotrexate-based strategies were associated with a lower risk for serious infections compared with strategies using other conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs). Increasing age, smoking, and comorbidities were identified as important predictors of an increased risk for serious infections…