Crescentic glomerulonephritis in a child with infective endocarditis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-869

  Sadikoglu, Banu ^a,c   Bilge, Ilmay ^a   Kilicaslan, Isin ^b   Gokce, Muge G ^a   Emre, Sevinc ^a   Ertugrul, Turkan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Glomerulonephritis; Immunosuppressive therapy; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NETILMICIN; PREDNISONE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ATRESIA; MALE; OLIGURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SEPTICEMIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33646689040     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0056-z     Document Type: Article

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