Among 244 patients aged 18 to 98 years who were consecutively hospitalized in a
department of internal medicine because of a febrile disease, 52 (21%) were bacteremic. On …

Systemic lupus erythematosus-associated irreversible organ/system damage was previously
associated with various clinical and demographic features. We analysed the Systemic Lupus …

Lymphadenopathy (LAP) is a frequent sign in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Yet, data
concerning its relation to the various disease manifestations are scarce or absent. LAP was …

Significant fatigue was observed in 63/83 (76%) SLE patients. Patients with fatigue had
significantly lower lymphocyte counts (1090±60 vs 1675±205 cells/mm3 P= 0.003), and …

Abstract 36 cases of eosinophilic pleural effusion (EPE) are reviewed. The etiologies were:
traumatic 25%, congestive heart failure (CHF) 14%, infectious 8.5%, idiopathic 8.5% and …

Photosensitivity was assessed in 125 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and
in 281 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as controls. Photosensitivity was reported by …

Background.—Guidelines to show whether a patient hospitalized because of a urinary tract
infection (UTI) has a severe infection, and whether he or she is at high risk for harboring a …

Rash is a common cutaneous sign in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) but
no data regarding its prevalence or relation to disease manifestations are known, possibly …

Thirty-three primary fibromyalgia patients were investigated for chronic fatigue syndrome
symptoms. Significant fatigue was reported by 21/33 patients (63.6%), and patients reported …

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of intra-articular corticosteroids added to systemic
antibiotics in experimental septic arthritis. METHODS Rabbits were injected intra-articularely …