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143064

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
A 22-year-old man with a ventriculojugular shunt had edema, hematuria, proteinuria, hypocomplementemia, azotemia, and S epidermidis bacteremia. Initial percutaneous renal biopsy showed a diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. Subendothelial and intramembranous deposits were seen on electron microscopy. Immunofluorescent studies were positive for IgG and C3. A repeat percutaneous renal biopsy six weeks after cessation of antibiotic therapy revealed a mild proliferative glomerulonephritis with some evidence of resolution. No deposits were seen on electron microscopy and immunofluorescent studies were negative. At elective shunt revision three months after cessation of therapy, culture of the jugular portion of the removed shunt revealed S epidermidis. Early recognition of immune complex glomerulonephritis occurring with an infected ventriculovascular shunt should permit early treatment (antibiotic therapy and removal of the infected foreign body) and a favorable outcome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0038-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1141-3, 1146
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Immune complex disease associated with an infected ventriculojugular shunt: a curable form of glomerulonephritis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports