Lupus: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Publications

• Case Report   
  Systemic Lupus Erythematodes (SLE) Patient with an Unexpected Finding: Case Report
  Author(s): Julia Weinmann-Menke*, Mara Dörken, Simone Boedecker, Andreas Schwarting, Martin Dennebaum and Andreas Kreft
  
  We report the case of a 44-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematodes who presented with a severe case of strongyloides infection after immune- suppressant therapy with high dose steroids and rituximab. Due to the endemic nature of this helminthic disease we suspect an asymptomatic infection at least a year prior during visits to the patient's home country Brazil. As a result from the intensified immunosuppressant therapy, a manifest disseminated infection via accelerated auto-infection developed which caused the clinical symptoms. The infection was successfully treated with the antimycotic drugs ivermectine and albendazole. A follow-up of more than two years later showed signs of ongoing, though clinical asymptomatic infection. This was treated again successfully with ivermectine. Because of the patient's underlying autoimmune disease and listing for kidney transplanta.. View More»
  

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