ANCA Positivity in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis: A Diagnostic Dilemma

نویسندگان

  • Gopal Chandra Ghosh
  • Brijesh Sharma
  • Bhimarey Katageri
  • Minakshi Bhardwaj
چکیده

Glomerulonephritis (GN) is an immunological phenomenon in bacterial endocarditis. These may be pauci-immune/vasculitic GN, post-infective GN, and sub-endothelial membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Each type of glomerulonephritis usually occurs in isolation. We report a case of infective endocarditis with dual existence of pauci-immune/vasculitic GN and post infective type of GN at the same time.

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دوره 87  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014