Microscopic polyangiitis following recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and infectious endocarditis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 705-706

  Miranda Filloy, Jose A ^a   Veiga, Jose A ^a   Juarez, Yolanda ^a   Gonzalez Juanatey, Carlos ^a   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a   Garcia Porrua, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibodies; Infectious endocarditis; Microscopic polyangiitis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BACTEREMIA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33846416203     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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