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9708618

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
A 50-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of skin purpura, anemia, high fever, and acute renal insufficiency. Five years ago, she had been diagnosed as having ventricular septal defect without any complications. A blood culture drawn during the hospitalization grew Streptococcus viridans. She was diagnosed as having infective endocarditis-induced crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) according to echocardiography and renal biopsy results. Although antibiotic treatment alone showed no apparent efficacy, after the initiation of plasmapheresis, the high fever and acute renal insufficiency were dramatically improved. After clinical stability was achieved, closure of the ventricular septal defect was performed. This result suggests that plasmapheresis may be beneficial in the treatment of infective endocarditis-induced crescentic GN. The possible mechanisms of this therapy are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0272-6386
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
309-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Infective endocarditis-induced crescentic glomerulonephritis dramatically improved by plasmapheresis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Maizuru Kyosai Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. 3kens@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports