Distribution of infections in 165 patients with SLE during a period of 1.5 years.
| Bacterial infections | n = 92 |
| Urinary tract infection | 37 (9 relapsed) |
| Skin infections | 10 (3 relapsed) |
| Pneumonia | 6 |
| Sepsis | 6 |
| Tonsillitis | 5 |
| Otitis media | 1 |
| Sinusitis | 2 |
| Unspecified bacterial URI | 7 (2 relapsed) |
| Conjunctivitis | 4 |
| Gastroenteritis | 4 |
| Bacterial vaginosis | 2 |
| Other bacterial infections (psoas abscess/spondylitis, epididymitis, uterine infection, otitis externa, infection after dental procedures, chlamydia, erythema migrans, mycoplasma genitalia). | 8 |
| Viral infections | n = 13 |
| Herpes zoster | 4 |
| Herpes simplex oral and genital infections | 7 (1 relapsed) |
| Other viral infections (varicella-zoster virus meningitis, verrucae) | 2 |
| Fungal infections | n = 9 |
| Oral candida | 3 |
| Genital fungal infections | 4 |
| Skin fungal infections | 2 |
| Parasitic infections | n = 1 |
| Entameba histolytica | 1 |
SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; URI: upper respiratory infection.