Md. Hill et J. Karsh, INVASIVE SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS WITH STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THELITERATURE, Arthritis and rheumatism, 40(9), 1997, pp. 1716-1719
Pneumococcal infections of the soft tissues are uncommon, However, pat
ients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) mag be predisposed to th
is condition, perhaps by virtue of hypocomplementemia and low, nonprot
ective concentrations of antipneumococcal antibodies. We report a case
of severe cellulitis and fasciitis of the anterior neck in a young wo
man with SLE, The literature on SLE and pneumococcal soft tissue infec
tions is reviewed, A clinical syndrome of SLE and pneumococcal soft-ti
ssue infections of the neck and pharynx is described.