Nocardiosis is a rare infection that in more frequent in patients with systemic lupus Erythematosus and its clinical manifestations are nonspecific.while concurrent treatment by corticosteroids is an independent risk factor for nocardiosis it increases both diagnostic and mangement problems.this article presents a 35 years old woman who has systemic lupus Erythematosus.she was hospitalized due ...

ANA: antinuclear antibody BID: twice a day CLE: cutaneous lupus erythematosus DIL: drug-induced lupus SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus INTRODUCTION Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), defined as isolated cutaneous lesions without significant systemic involvement, has a reported incidence and prevalence of 4.3 and 73.2 per 100,000, respectively. It occurs more commonly among women with a repor...

The lupus anticoagulant was found in the plasma of 31 of 60 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue disorders (mixed connective tissue disease, systemic vasculitis, polyarteritis nodosa, primary sicca syndrome, discoid lupus, Behcet's syndrome, and systemic sclerosis). Strong associations were found with biological false positive seroreaction for syphilis and thro...

background: systemic lupus erythematous is an autoimmune disease associated with atherosclerotic manifestations or metabolic disturbance due to inflammation. the aim of this study was to determine frequency of metabolic syndrome (mets) in sle compared to healthy controls. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 150 sle patients and 220 healthy volunteers were enrolled. mets was diagnosed accord...

Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the association of clinical and renal disease activity with circulating sphingolipids in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Methods We used liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to measure the levels of 27 sphingolipids in plasma from 107 female systemic lupus erythematosus patients and 23 controls selected using a desig...

The objective of this article is to identify common and atypical features of systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosed following hepatitis B vaccination. We analyzed retrospectively the medical records of 10 systemic lupus erythematosus patients from different centers, who developed the disease following hepatitis B vaccination and determined the prevalence of different manifestations and the time...

The diagnostic significance of anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (anti-dsDNA) determination was evaluated in a prospective manner from 1974 to 1982 in a group of 441 patients without systemic lupus erythematosus whose sera were found to contain antibodies to dsDNA on routine screening (Farr assay). Within one year 69% (304) of these patients fulfilled the preliminary American Rheumatis...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION The occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus has been only rarely reported in patients with sickle-cell disease. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 23-year-old North-African woman with sickle-cell disease and systemic lupus erythematosus, and discuss the pointers to the diagnosis of this combination of conditions and also present a review of literature. T...

INTRODUCTION Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multi-system connective tissue disorder. Peripheral neuropathy is a known and underestimated complication in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ganglionopathy manifests when neuronal cell bodies in the dorsal root ganglion are involved. Autoimmune disorders are a known etiology, with systemic lupus erythematosus being a rare cause. CASE PRESENTATION A...