Risk factor and incidence of serious infections in systemic lupus erythematosus patients undergoing rituximab therapy.

Yi-Syuan Sun, MD, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan and and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

De-Feng Huang, MD, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.

Wei-Sheng Chen, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan and and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Hsien-Tzung Liao, MD, PhD, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan and and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Ming-Han Chen, MD, PhD, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan and and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Ming-Tsun Tsai, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei Taiwan.

Chih-Yu Yang, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei Taiwan, Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2B), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Stem Cell Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Chien-Chih Lai, MD, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Chang-Youh Tsai, MD, PhD, Division of Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.