A case of interstitial nephritis induced by a super antigen produced by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureiis (MRSA) presenting as acute renal failure

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-94

  Owada, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Kurihara, Satoshi ^a   Osono, Eiichi ^a   Sakurai, Yuusei ^a   Takeuchi, Masashi ^a   Onoda, Noritaka ^a   Yoneshima, Hideo ^a   Kitamura, Hiroshi ^a   Hayama, Naoaki ^a  

^a Kasukabe Shuwa Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Interstitial nephritis; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureiis (MRSA); Super antigen; Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST1)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; SUPERANTIGEN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COLITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0033110821     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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