Double ANCA-positive vasculitis in a patient with infective endocarditis

Indian Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 469-472

  Veerappan, I ^a   Prabitha, E N ^a   Abraham, A ^a   Theodore, S ^a   Abraham, G ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; endocarditis; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLUBBING FINGERS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LASSITUDE; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 84873432783     PISSN: 09714065     EISSN: 19983662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.106057     Document Type: Article

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