Bacteremia in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from RELESSER: risk factors, clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcomes.
CONCLUSION: Bacteremia occurred mostly in active SLE patients and was frequently associated with severe flares and corticosteroid use. Recurrence and mortality were high. Immunosuppressors, comorbidities and disease-related damage were associated with bacteremia.
PMID: 30988123 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research
More News: Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Corticosteroid Therapy | Diabetes | Endocrinology | Gastroenteritis | Laboratory Medicine | Lupus | Microbiology | Rheumatology