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Rheumatology 2000; 39: 110-112
© 2000 British Society for Rheumatology

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A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and Salmonella enteritidis bacteraemia complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute cholecystitis

A. A. M. Blaauw, T. J. M. Tobé1, R. W. H. M. Derksen and J. W. J. Bijlsma

Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology and
1 Department of Intensive Care and Toxicology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Correspondence to: A. A. M. Blaauw.

SIR, Infections are a major source of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [1–3]. Among the most common opportunistic bacterial infections seen in SLE are those caused by Salmonella, especially S. typhimurium and S. enteritidis. Extra-intestinal infections seem to have been reported more frequently [4, 5]. We describe a patient with SLE and S. enteritidis bacteraemia complicated by rhabdomyolysis and cholecystitis.

A 27-yr-old Caucasian woman was admitted to the intensive care unit because of high fever (41°C) and somnolence in September . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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