title: Pseudo-SLE by human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: A 61-year-old woman was admitted for long-lasting fever and recurrent opportunistic infections during the treatment of SLE. She had been diagnosed as SLE and type-IV nephritis based on a renal biopsy and serological findings. A colonoscopy and liver biopsy revealed disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection status was then examined and found to be positive. From the clinical course, the first symptoms were inferred to have been those of HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Internal Medicine , Soma Central Hospital , Fukushima , Japan.
authors.forename: Sae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.affiliation: b Department of Radiation Protection , Soma Central Hospital , Fukushima , Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: c Department of Pathogen , Infection and Immunity, Nara Medical University , Nara , Japan.
authors.forename: Fukumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakamura-Uchiyama
authors.affiliation: d Department of Infectious diseases , Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Internal Medicine , Soma Central Hospital , Fukushima , Japan.
authors.forename: Yasutoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: AIDS; Disseminated MAC; HIV; Pseudo-SLE