Definite synovitis was present in the majority of knees with or without effusion with the commonest sites being posterior to the PCL and in the suprapatellar recess. Joint effusion as measured on PD fs images does not only represent effusion but also synovial thickening.

This study demonstrates that C pneumoniae can frequently be detected in atheromatous plaques in coronary arteries. However, its distribution did not correlate with severity or extent of disease.

Cross sectional studies cannot determine whether C. pneumoniae is a cause of atherosclerosis since they do not show whether infection precedes or follows its development. However, our results suggest that the organism is not an important factor in graft failure or atherosclerosis.

Background: The objectives were to assess the excess deaths among Nursing Home (NH) residents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, to determine their part in the total excess deaths and whether there was a mortality displacement. Methods: We studied a cohort of 494,753 adults in 6,515 NHs in France exposed to COVID-19 pandemic (from March 1st to May 31st, 2020) and compared with the 2014–2019 cohorts using data from the French National Health Data System. The main outcome was death. Excess deaths and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were estimated. Result: There were 13,505 excess deaths. Mortality increased by 43% (SMR: 1.43). The mortality excess was higher among males than females (SMR: 1.51 and 1.38) and decreased with increasing age (SMRs in females: 1.61 in the 60–74 age group, 1.58 for 75–84, 1.41 for 85–94, and 1.31 for 95 or over; Males: SMRs: 1.59 for 60–74, 1.69 for 75–84, 1.47 for 85–94, and 1.41 for 95 or over). No mortality displacement effect was observed up until August 30th,2020. By extrapolating to all NH residents nationally (N = 570,003), we estimated that they accounted for 51% of the general population excess deaths (N = 15,114 out of 29,563). Conclusion: NH residents accounted for half of the total excess deaths in France during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The excess death rate was higher among males than females and among younger than older residents.