Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a patient with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection: A possibility of superantigenic mechanism of its pathogenesis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-52

  Iyoda, M ^a,b   Hato, T ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Ito, J ^a   Ajiro, Y ^a   Kuroki, A ^a   Shibata, T ^a   Kitazawa, K ^a   Sugisaki, T ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CEFTAZIDIME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEINURIA; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REMISSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 30744472415     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP65048     Document Type: Article

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