Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infection that can cause mild symptoms or even death, to patients who suffer from it. It affects all population groups without distinction. Systematic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and fluctuating autoimmune disease. One of the goals of the treatment is to avoid flare-ups and thereby reduce mortality. Their innate alterations in immunity, added to the use of immunosuppressive drugs to control the disease and prevent outbreaks makes them more vulnerable to develop severe symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 infection. We present the case of a patient with SLE infected by SARS-CoV-2 with a lupus flare during hospitalization, entailing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Elderly-onset systematic lupus erythematosus in men. Case Report
