Sometimes There Is More Than One Puzzle on the Table: Pneumococcal Bacteremia as a New Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation
Joint Authors
Sheybani, Fereshte
Mirfeizi, Zahra
Erfani, Sedigheh
Naderi, Hamid Reza
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Infection is common and a leading cause of death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
SLE is associated with a diverse spectrum of immune impairments including humoral defects and hypocomplementemia that contribute to a lupus patient’s increased susceptibility to infection with encapsulated bacteria.
Nonetheless, there are only few reports of severe invasive bacterial infection as the initial presentation of SLE in the literature.
Here, we report a rare case of SLE presenting with pneumococcal bacteremia.
Based on the high resolution chest computed tomography and the result of blood cultures, the bacteremia was assumed to be secondary to pneumococcal pneumonia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sheybani, Fereshte& Naderi, Hamid Reza& Mirfeizi, Zahra& Erfani, Sedigheh. 2015. Sometimes There Is More Than One Puzzle on the Table: Pneumococcal Bacteremia as a New Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058774
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sheybani, Fereshte…[et al.]. Sometimes There Is More Than One Puzzle on the Table: Pneumococcal Bacteremia as a New Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058774
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sheybani, Fereshte& Naderi, Hamid Reza& Mirfeizi, Zahra& Erfani, Sedigheh. Sometimes There Is More Than One Puzzle on the Table: Pneumococcal Bacteremia as a New Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058774
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058774