Membranous Glomerulonephritis Associated with Enterococcal Endocarditis

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An autopsy case of membranous glomerulonephritis associated with enterococcal endocarditis was reported. Although enterococcal antigen was not identified in glomerular deposits, the eluate from the patient’s renal tissue was shown to specifically recombine with cells of the enterococcus isolated from his own ante mortem blood. Hypocomplementemia, circulating immune complexes and antienterococcal antibodies were also observed. These findings suggest that enterococcus-related immune complexes played a role in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis associated with enterococcal endocarditis in this patient.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 1985

Publication date (Print): 1985

Publication date (Electronic): 04 December 2008

Volume: 40

Issue: 1

Pages: 88-90

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^aSecond Department of Internal Medicine; ^bDepartment of Pathology; ^cDepartment of Bacteriology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan

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Publisher ID: 183435 Other ID: Nephron 1985;40:88–90

DOI: 10.1159/000183435

PubMed ID: 4000340

SO-VID: 8c7d79ce-672d-498a-9a0f-bfefb2ec5b36

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