Case Report
Sometimes There Is More Than One Puzzle on the Table: Pneumococcal Bacteremia as a New Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation
Table 1
Cases of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with an acute bacterial infection.
| Authors | Number | Age | Sex | Clinical syndrome | Pathogen | Outcome |
| Petros and West [10] | 1 | 18 | F | Bacteraemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and multisystem organ failure | S. pneumoniae | Death |
| Elliott et al. [14] | 2 | 6 | M | Septic arthritis, bacteremia | S. pneumoniae | Survival |
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Segal et al. [15] | 3 | 20 | F | Bacteremia, multiple digital ischemia | S. pneumoniae | Survival | 4 | 50 | F | Epiglottitis, bacteraemia, and multiorgan involvement | H. influenzae | Death |
| Charuvanij and Houghton [17] | 5 | 5 | F | Epiglottitis, bacteraemia | H. influenzae | Survival |
| Our report | 6 | 14 | F | Pneumonia, bacteremia | S. pneumoniae | Survival |
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