| Literature DB >> 23966458 |
Jaap P Hagen1, Petra C E Hissink Muller, Robbert G M Bredius, Rebecca ten Cate.
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This report describes an 11-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with long-standing low levels of complement proteins. A disease period with lupus nephritis (class IIIa) was complicated by Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and osteomyelitis. She was treated with high-dose immunosuppressants and 6 weeks of high-dose intravenous antibiotics. The clinician should be aware of bacteraemia in SLE with secondary complement deficiency.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23966458 PMCID: PMC3762216 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-010378
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X