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Urinary Tract Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Report from A Developing Country.
Mymensingh Med J
January 2025
Dr Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality in Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To calculate the frequency, organism and risk factors for UTI in SLE. This observational study was conducted in the lupus clinic in the department of Rheumatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 2012 to January 2014.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPersistent Knee Monoarthritis as a Lyme Disease Presentation: A Diagnostic Challenge - Case Report.
Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)
November 2024
Hospital Ortopédico de Sant'Ana, Parede, Portugal.
There are several differential diagnoses for knee monoarthritis. We report a patient with recurrent episodes of knee effusion, in which the non-specific clinical condition implied several diagnostic hypotheses, therapeutic inaccuracies, and a delay in implementing adequate treatment. For more than 2 years, the patient underwent different Orthopedics and Rheumatology visits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Unusual Case of Nephrotic Range Proteinuria in a Short-Standing Type 1 Diabetic Patient with Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Med Sci (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Nephrology, Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima 15002, Peru.
Background: Lupus podocytopathy (LP) is a non-immune complex-mediated glomerular lesion in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), characterized by the diffuse effacement of podocyte processes without immune complex deposition or with only mesangial immune complex deposition. LP is a rare cause of nephrotic syndrome in SLE patients with implications for prognosis and treatment.
Case Report: We present the case of a 28-year-old woman with a medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) who presented with lower limb edema, dyspnea, hypercholesterolemia, with nephrotic range proteinuria, without acute kidney injury, and laboratory findings compatible with auto-immune hemolytic anemia.
Association Between Visceral Fat and Lung Function Impairment in Overweight and Grade I Obese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Adv Respir Med
December 2024
Laboratory of Pulmonary and Exercise Immunology (LABPEI), Evangelical University of Goiás (UniEvangélica), Avenida Universitária Km 3,5, Anápolis 75083-515, GO, Brazil.
Beyond the common comorbidities related to obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, impaired lung function is already known, but whether the fat distribution (sub-cutaneous, visceral) affects the lung function and pulmonary immune response are poorly known. Few evidence has shown that visceral fat is associated with insulin resistance, low-grade inflammation, and reduced lung function. In the present study, the body composition and fat distribution were evaluated by multi-frequency octopolar bioimpedance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIdentification of patients with ANA-negative and double-stranded DNA positive: what is the significance in daily rheumatology practice?
Clin Rheumatol
December 2024
University College Hospital, UCL Centre for Rheumatology, London, UK.
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