Onset of cutaneous vasculitis and exacerbation of IgA nephropathy after Bartonella henselae infection

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-240

  Cozzani, E ^a   Cinotti, E ^a   Ameri, P ^a   Sofia, A ^b   Murialdo, G ^a   Parodi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYOGLOBIN; PREDNISONE; SULBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN NECROSIS; THYROIDITIS; URINALYSIS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 84858439867     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04177.x     Document Type: Article

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