[Intravenous immunoglobulin administration to a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and pneumococcal septicemia].
A case history is presented of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, sepsis and pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Conventional treatment was supplemented with intravenous human immunoglobulin with remarkable effect. The treatment is discussed.
Maltbaek
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Medicinsk Afdeling C, reumatologisk, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup.
Harreby
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MS
Thøgersen
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B
D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae
D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Intravenøst immunglobulin til en patient med systemisk lupus erythematosus og pneumokoksepsis.