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Successful Treatment of Infectious Endocarditis Associated Glomerulonephritis Mimicking C3 Glomerulonephritis in a Case with No Previous Cardiac Disease
Joint Authors
Kawamorita, Yosuke
Imase, Atsuko
Arai, Shigeyuki
Tamura, Yoshifuru
Tanemoto, Masayuki
Uozaki, Hiroshi
Yamaguchi, Yutaka
Uchida, Shunya
Fujigaki, Yoshihide
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report a 42-year-old man with subacute infectious endocarditis (IE) with septic pulmonary embolism, presenting rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and positive proteinase 3-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA).
He had no previous history of heart disease.
Renal histology revealed diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis with complement 3- (C3-) dominant staining and subendothelial electron dense deposit, mimicking C3 glomerulonephritis.
Successful treatment of IE with valve plastic surgery gradually ameliorated hypocomplementemia and renal failure; thus C3 glomerulonephritis-like lesion in this case was classified as postinfectious glomerulonephritis.
IE associated glomerulonephritis is relatively rare, especially in cases with no previous history of valvular disease of the heart like our case.
This case also reemphasizes the broad differential diagnosis of renal involvement in IE.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kawamorita, Yosuke& Fujigaki, Yoshihide& Imase, Atsuko& Arai, Shigeyuki& Tamura, Yoshifuru& Tanemoto, Masayuki…[et al.]. 2014. Successful Treatment of Infectious Endocarditis Associated Glomerulonephritis Mimicking C3 Glomerulonephritis in a Case with No Previous Cardiac Disease. Case Reports in Nephrology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kawamorita, Yosuke…[et al.]. Successful Treatment of Infectious Endocarditis Associated Glomerulonephritis Mimicking C3 Glomerulonephritis in a Case with No Previous Cardiac Disease. Case Reports in Nephrology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034810
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kawamorita, Yosuke& Fujigaki, Yoshihide& Imase, Atsuko& Arai, Shigeyuki& Tamura, Yoshifuru& Tanemoto, Masayuki…[et al.]. Successful Treatment of Infectious Endocarditis Associated Glomerulonephritis Mimicking C3 Glomerulonephritis in a Case with No Previous Cardiac Disease. Case Reports in Nephrology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034810
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1034810