Invasive fungal disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from Southern China: a retrospective study.

CONCLUSION: Mold infection tended to develop in patients with active lupus disease with high mortality. Co-infection is not rare. Lymphopenia and an accumulated dose of glucocorticoid are associated with invasive fungal disease in lupus patients. PMID: 30526329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Lupus - December 8, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Lao M, Wang X, Ding M, Yang Z, Chen H, Liang L, Zhan Z, Chen D Tags: Lupus Source Type: research