Open AccessBACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENT
Author(s) -
Lionel Adès,
K Akposso,
M A Costa de Beauregard,
Jean Philippe Haymann,
B Mougenot,
Éric Rondeau,
J D Sraer
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199809150-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , glomerulonephritis , endocarditis , prednisone , renal biopsy , rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis , methylprednisolone , proteinuria , kidney , surgery , gastroenterology
Endocarditis-induced crescentic glomerulonephritis is a well-described complication in nontransplant patients. Its occurrence in transplant patients has not been reported to date.