title: Systemic lupus erythematosus accompanying with renal tuberculosis: a case report.
abstract: A 26-year-old woman, with a six-year history of well-controlled systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), complained of urinary frequency and urgency. After failure of commonly-used antibiotic therapy, mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from her urine and renal tuberculosis (TB) was diagnosed. However, she underwent right nephrectomy after the combination therapies of prednisone for SLE and anti-tuberculosis treatment for renal TB failed. To our knowledge, SLE accompanying renal TB is rare, and such a rapid deterioration in renal function has never been reported.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Si-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: De-Hong
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Departments of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
keywords: Systemic lupus erythematosus; non-functioning kidney; renal tuberculosis