TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumococcal epiglottitis in systemic lupus erythematosus on high-dosage corticosteroids
AU - Shalit, M.
AU - Gross, D. J.
AU - Levo, Y.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - A patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed pneumococcal epiglottis is described and the literature reviewed. This infection is extremely rare in adults, and only 10 cases, none of them with SLE, have so far been reported. Epiglottitis is usually caused by Haemophilus influenzae. However, in immunocompromised hosts the probability of Streptococcus pneumoniae as the infecting agent is considerable. Penicillin should therefore be part of the antimicrobial regimen in such patients.
AB - A patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed pneumococcal epiglottis is described and the literature reviewed. This infection is extremely rare in adults, and only 10 cases, none of them with SLE, have so far been reported. Epiglottitis is usually caused by Haemophilus influenzae. However, in immunocompromised hosts the probability of Streptococcus pneumoniae as the infecting agent is considerable. Penicillin should therefore be part of the antimicrobial regimen in such patients.
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U2 - 10.1136/ard.41.6.615
DO - 10.1136/ard.41.6.615
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C2 - 7149800
AN - SCOPUS:0020403224
SN - 0003-4967
VL - 41
SP - 615
EP - 616
JO - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
IS - 6
ER -