Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome triggered by fulminant disseminated herpes simplex infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1359-1361

  Catoggio, C ^a   Alvarez Uria A ^a   Fernandez, P L ^a   Cervera, R ^a   Espinosa, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; Herpes simplex virus infection; multiorgan failure; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER NECROSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MICROTHROMBUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONSILLITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867015780     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203312458841     Document Type: Article

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