SLE NEPHROPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH HIV-INFECTION - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

We describe a 39-year-old bisexual man with clinical category B2 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who subsequently developed sys temic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE was diagnosed on the basis of a c linical presentation of malar rash, polyarthritis, membranous glomerul onephritis, and characteristic serology. To our knowledge, this is the fourth reported case of a patient with HIV infection to develop SLE a nd the second adult patient with HIV and coexistent SLE nephropathy.