Infection with uncommon subgroup Y Neisseria meningitidis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 737-740

  Feliciano, R ^a   Swedler, W ^a   Varga, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement deficiency; Meningococcal disease; SLE

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEFTRIAXONE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLINS; PREDNISONE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032722110     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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