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ArticleBeijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences2025

[Central nervous system infection mimicking neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report].

Kai Zhao, Fu'ai Lu, Yongfu Wang

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Article in Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kai ZhaoDepartment of Rheumatism and Immunology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology; Inner Mongolia Autoimmunology Key Laboratory, Baotou 014010, Inner Mongolia, China.
Fu'ai LuDepartment of Rheumatism and Immunology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology; Inner Mongolia Autoimmunology Key Laboratory, Baotou 014010, Inner Mongolia, China.
Yongfu WangDepartment of Rheumatism and Immunology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology; Inner Mongolia Autoimmunology Key Laboratory, Baotou 014010, Inner Mongolia, China.

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Abstract

This article presents a comprehensive case analysis of a young female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed neuropsychiatric symptoms during prolonged immunosuppressive therapy. The patient, maintained on glucocorticoids and cyclosporine, presented with fever, headache, and left-sided limb numbness. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an acute inflammatory lesion in the right parietal lobe, leading to an initial clinical diagnosis of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). However, despite adjustments to the immunosuppressive regimen, her condition continued to deteriorate, manifesting as impaired consciousness and meningeal signs including neck stiffness. Subsequent laboratory investigations proved crucial for diagnostic reevaluation: Blood culture identified

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Central Nervous System InfectionsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous SystemDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMagnetic Resonance ImagingImmunosuppressive AgentsCentral nervous systemNeuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusSystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMCPMC12711417

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