Crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with totally implantable central venous catheter-related Staphylococcus epidermidis infection

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Kusaba, T ^a   Nakayama, M ^a   Kato, H ^a   Uchiyama, H ^a   Sato, K ^a   Kajita, Y ^a  

^a NANTAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter related blood; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Stream infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 47549105347     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp70054     Document Type: Article

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