Fevers in Adult Lupus Patients

Variability in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease manifestations is well recognized. Lupus disease activity can range from mild to severe. Fever is a common manifestation of SLE and occurs in 36%-86% of patients. In the Modified Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (M-SLEDAI),...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2018-01, Vol.10 (1), p.e2098-e2098
Main Authors: Timlin, Homa, Syed, Abrahim, Haque, Uzma, Adler, Brittany, Law, Genevieve, Machireddy, Kirthi, Manno, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allergy/Immunology
Health risk assessment
Internal Medicine
Lupus
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Rheumatology
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
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Summary:Variability in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease manifestations is well recognized. Lupus disease activity can range from mild to severe. Fever is a common manifestation of SLE and occurs in 36%-86% of patients. In the Modified Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (M-SLEDAI), fever is taken into account as disease activity scoring. Assessment of lupus patients with fever is an important diagnostic challenge, since the initial clinical presentation of a patient with lupus is very similar to the acute febrile phase of an infection. The attribution of fever to SLE holds only after other causes are excluded.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.2098