Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis without ANCA in a patient presenting with Candida parapsilosis endocarditis

Med Mal Infect. 2016 May;46(3):163-5. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Feb 17.
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Keywords: Candida; Endocardite; Endocarditis; Glomerulonephritis; Glomérulonéphrite.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida parapsilosis / isolation & purification*
  • Candidemia / complications*
  • Candidemia / drug therapy
  • Candidemia / immunology
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endocarditis / complications*
  • Endocarditis / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis / immunology
  • Endocarditis / microbiology
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / drug therapy
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / etiology*
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / immunology
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / pathology
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Glomerulus / pathology
  • Male
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / immunology
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease / surgery
  • Splenic Infarction / etiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Prednisone