Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare?
Joint Authors
Meena, Lalit Prashant
Varyani, Neeraj
Garg, Sunny
Iqbal, Asif
Dwivedi, Amit Nandan Dhar
Tripathi, Kamlakar
Kundu, Mousumi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem disorder characterised by B-cell hyperactivity with production of multiple autoantibodies.
Fever in SLE may be caused by disease exacerbation or by infection.
We report a patient of SLE that was later complicated by fever, pancytopenia, and massive splenomegaly.
Corticosteroid therapy for SLE might have masked the underlying infection at earlier stage.
Despite negative results of rk-39 test and bone marrow biopsy, a very high suspicion for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) led us to go for direct agglutination test (DAT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for leishmanial antigen that revealed positive results.
Moreover, significant improvement in clinical and biochemical parameters was noted on starting the patient on antileishmanial therapy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Garg, Sunny& Kundu, Mousumi& Dwivedi, Amit Nandan Dhar& Meena, Lalit Prashant& Varyani, Neeraj& Iqbal, Asif…[et al.]. 2012. Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare?. Case Reports in Immunology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Garg, Sunny…[et al.]. Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare?. Case Reports in Immunology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Garg, Sunny& Kundu, Mousumi& Dwivedi, Amit Nandan Dhar& Meena, Lalit Prashant& Varyani, Neeraj& Iqbal, Asif…[et al.]. Visceral Leishmaniasis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare?. Case Reports in Immunology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-478442
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-478442