Intravenous immunoglobulin administration to a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and pneumococcal septicemia
Maltbaek, N.; Harreby, M.S.; Thøgersen, B.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 156(27): 4039-4041
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 8066901 Document Number: 429113
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.
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