Glomerulonephritis after Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Resulting in End-stage Renal Failure

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 424-427

  Yamashita, Yumi ^a   Tanase, Takehito ^a   Terada, Yoshio ^a   Tamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Akiba, Takashi ^a   Inoue, Haruhiro ^a   Ida, Takashi ^b   Sasaki, Sei ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Nakamoto, Yasushi ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kichijoji Asahi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plasmapheresis; Prednisolone pulse therapy; Superantigen; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; METHICILLIN; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDNISOLONE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0035350235     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.424     Document Type: Article

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