Successful recovery of infective endocarditis-induced rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis by steroid therapy combined with antibiotics: A case report

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Koya, Daisuke ^a   Shibuya, Kazuyuki ^a   Kikkawa, Ryuichi ^a   Haneda, Masakazu ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STEROID THERAPY; TRICUSPID VALVE; VALVULOPLASTY; VEGETATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN G; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 14644434473     PISSN: 14712369     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-5-18     Document Type: Article

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