TY - JOUR T1 - Brain Abscess Due to <em>Nocardia</em> in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 432 LP - 433 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.210971 VL - 49 IS - 4 AU - Zhuoxuan Li AU - Dongling Li AU - Pan Lv AU - Jianping Liu Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/49/4/432.abstract N2 - Nocardia brain abscesses mainly occur in immunosuppressive hosts1 and comprise only 2% of all intracranial abscesses. It is difficult to identify central nervous system infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus because of the silent clinical manifestations and their simulation of lupus encephalopathy.2 The higher mortality rate is often the result of misdiagnosis.3 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and etiological examination are helpful for a differential diagnosis.A 52-year-old female was diagnosed with SLE 4 months ago. Her disease had initially … ER -