Infection foci, n (%) | Patients with SLE (n=584) | Spanish population (n=1 262 855) | P value |
Infections | 147 (25) | 95 442 (8) | <0.001 |
Respiratory tract | 40 (7) | 46 388 (4) | <0.001 |
Genitourinary tract | 10 (2) | 16 176 (1) | 0.353 |
Sepsis | 60 (10) | 10 727 (0.8) | <0.001 |
Viral infections | 9 (2) | 7326 (0.6) | 0.002 |
Non-biliary abdominal | 7 (1) | 5746 (0.5) | 0.008 |
Skin and soft tissue | 4 (0.7) | 2005 (0.2) | 0.001 |
Biliary tract | 3 (0.5) | 2263 (0.2) | 0.056 |
Otorhinolaryngological | 0 | 161 (<0.1) | – |
Gynaecological | 0 | 139 (<0.1) | – |
Central nervous system | 3 (0.5) | 923 (0.1) | <0.001 |
Tuberculosis | 0 | 579 (<0.1) | – |
Parasitic | 1 (0.2) | 16 (<0.1) | <0.001 |
Fungal | 1 (0.2) | 234 (<0.1) | 0.007 |
Zoonosis | 2 (0.3) | 62 (<0.1) | <0.001 |
Endocarditis | 3 (0.5) | 834 (0.1) | <0.001 |
Osteomyelitis | 0 | 274 (<0.1) | – |
Pericardium | 0 | 16 (<0.1) | – |
Other foci | 4 (0.7) | 1459 (0.1) | – |
Statistically significant values are indicated in bold.