30 August 2023>: Clinical Research
An Examination of Infection Incidence and Management in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Five-Year Review from a Saudi Arabian Center
Noha K. Khalil 1ABDF* , Fahidah Alenzi 2EF** , Mohammed A. Omair 3ACDF , Ibrahim Almaghlouth 3CD , Mansour Altuwaijri 4AB , Mazen Barri 1AF , Rakan M. Alqahtani 5AB , Abdulaziz Alrabiah 6AB , Ali Alhijji 1ABDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941277
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941277
Table 2 Patients’ clinical and laboratory characteristics in the evaluation and management flow in 74 SLE patients with infections.
Characteristics | N (%) |
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26 (35.1%) | |
2–4 mmol/L | 7 (9.5%) |
>4 mmol/L | 5 (6.8%) |
Not done | 36 (48.6%) |
Positive | 19 (25.7%) |
Negative | 38 (51.4%) |
Not done | 17 (23.0%) |
Yes | 3 (4.1%) |
No | 71 (95.9%) |
Positive | 2 (2.7%) |
Negative | 8 (10.8%) |
Pre COVID | 64 (86.5%) |
Not high risk (0–1) | 62 (83.8%) |
High risk (2–3) | 12 (16.2%) |