Systemic lupus erythematosus and renal Tuberculosis: a case report

Authors

  • Geraldo B. Silva júnior 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2)Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • Antónia Célia C. Alcântara 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2)Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • Vanessa B. V. Marques 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2)Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • José Geraldo A. Paiva 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2)Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • Nubyhélia M.N. Carvalho 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2) Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • Leandro Lemos Carvalho 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2) Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
  • Elizabeth F. Daher 1) Curso de Medicina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Fortaleza. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. 2) Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24950/rspmi.1018

Keywords:

SLE, complications, opportunistic infections, tuberculosis, tuberculosis renal

Abstract

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have a higher rate
of infections, mainly due to its characteristic immunology and immunosuppressive therapy. Among such infections, tuberculosis is
highlighted tending to present extra-pulmonary forms in these patients. Due to an increased morbidity and mortality, it is important
the early detection of opportunistic infections for the early onset
of their treatment. We present a case of a female patient who developed extra-pulmonary tuberculosis of renal focus, which, after
treatment with tuberculostatic drugs and clinical remission, has
evolved into class III lupus glomerulonephritis. The clinical presentation of tuberculosis in patients with lupus is more attenuated,
with important early clinical suspicion

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2014-12-31

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Silva júnior GB, C. Alcântara AC, Marques VBV, A. Paiva JG, Carvalho NM, Lemos Carvalho L, Daher EF. Systemic lupus erythematosus and renal Tuberculosis: a case report. RPMI [Internet]. 2014 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];21(4):157-9. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1018

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Vol. 21 No. 4 (2014): Outubro/ Dezembro

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Case Reports

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