Rheumatologists frequently confront infections that complicate, mimic, or arise from the treatment of autoimmune disease, demanding careful distinction from disease flare and thoughtful management of immunosuppression. Infectious disease specialists express a reciprocal need: deepening their understanding of immune dysregulation, immunomodulatory therapies, and the systemic manifestations that shape outcomes in rheumatic disease. Led by an international team of editors with in-depth knowledge and informed by cutting-edge research, this volume in the Interdisciplinary Rheumatology series brings the two disciplines into dialogue, offering a nuanced, expert synthesis at the interface of autoimmunity and infection. KEY FEATURES:? Provides a clinical approach to the patient with infectious disease manifestations of rheumatic disease? Details cutting-edge research with inputs from the world’s leading experts, for infectious disease specialists and rheumatologists? Discusses possible future directions for research and advancement
