Post-MRSA infection glomerulonephritis with marked Staphylococcus aureus cell envelope antigen deposition in glomeruli

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Kai, Hirayasu ^a   Shimizu, Yoshio ^a   Hagiwara, Masahiro ^a   Yoh, Keigyou ^a   Hirayama, Kouichi ^a   Yamagata, Kunihiro ^a   Ohba, Shoji ^a   Nagata, Michio ^a   Koyama, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Post MRSA infection glomerulonephritis; S. aureus cell envelope antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY S1D6; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOAM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MESANGIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEINURIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SUBENDOTHELIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMPLEMENT C3; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PROTEINURIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748853093     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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