Table 3.

clinical details of patients positive for CMV viral load and anti-CMV IgM Abs

Patient ID	Visit	Viral Load	IgM	IgG	SLEDAI at first visit	Clinical symptoms
		[copies/ml]	Abs	Abs
P1	2nd	50600	-	+	5	Few healing ulcers, rash, joint pain & ankle edema
P2	1st Flare	1445	-	+	5	Oral ulcers, mild sub plural fibrosis, Documented MAS, Recurrence of MAS
P3	1st Onset	1218	-	+	15	Brownish rash all over the body, Lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, fatty infiltration, horse shoe shaped kidney, enlargement of liver & spleen, pancytopenia MAS
P4	2nd	667	-	+	1	Cough with expectoration
5/9 patients had <555 copies/ml therefore of doubtful significance
P5	1st, 2nd, 3rd	Not Significant	+	+	15	MAS
P10	1st	-	+	+	13	Mouth ulcers, breathlessness, swelling & nodules over legs
P11	1st	-	+	+	5	Oral ulcers, wrist synovitis & oral candida
P12	1st, 2nd, 3rd	-	+	+	14	Body swelling, low complement levels, proteinuria, hematuria & pyuria
P13	1st, 2nd, 3rd	-	+	+	8	Joint pain & weakness
P14	1st, 2nd, 3rd	-	+	+	15	Mild fever, joint pain, body ache, myalgia, ankle & shoulder pain