Development of IgA nephritis following cat scratch disease in a 13-year-old boy

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 682-684

  Hopp, Laszlo ^a   Eppes, Stephen C ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Hematuria; IgA nephropathy; Protienuria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SINUSITIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 2942655126     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1432-1     Document Type: Article

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