Clinical features of central nervous system infections and experience in differential diagnosis from neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus in a cohort of 8491 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

• Published in: Arthritis research & therapy Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 189 - 11
• Main Authors: Jiang, Mengdi, Shi, Xiaochun, Gao, Xin, Niu, Jingwen, Hu, Xiaomin, Zhao, Lidan, Zhang, Xuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.08.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Central nervous system; Central nervous system infections; Complications and side effects; Diagnosis; Glucose; Infection; Lupus; Lupus erythematosus; Medical research; Pathogenic microorganisms; Risk factor; Scoring system; Systemic lupus erythematosus; China; Infection; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Scoring system; Central nervous system; Risk factor

In clinical practice, discrimination between central nervous system (CNS) infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) could be urgent and critical yet extremely challenging. Given this, this study aimed to investigate the clinical f...