Unusual presentation of fatal disseminated varicella zoster virus infection in a patient with lupus nephritis: a case report.

Veronica VassiaAlessandro CrocePaolo RavaniniMonica LeutnerChiara SagliettiStefano FangazioMarco QuagliaCarlo Smirne

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)

Overall, this case highlights the importance of having a high clinical suspicion of fatal VZV infections in heavily immunosuppressed SLE patients even when typical signs and symptoms are lacking.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
systemic lupus erythematosus
prognostic factors
case report
patient reported outcomes
disease activity
sleep quality