We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Three cases of PR3-ANCA positive subacute endocarditis caused by attenuated bacteria ( Propionibacterium, Gemella, and Bartonella) complicated with kidney injury.
- Authors
Satake, Kenji; Ohsawa, Isao; Kobayashi, Noriyoshi; Osaki, Ken; Toyoda, Hitoe; Horikoshi, Satoshi; Tomino, Yasuhiko
- Abstract
Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) associated with antiproteinase-3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (PR3-ANCA) has previously been reported in 10 cases of Streptococcus viridans and in 1 case of Escherichia faecalis infection. Most of these patients had hypocomplementemia and were positive for several autoantibodies. The infections in most of these patients showed good responses to antibiotic treatment. We report three patients with ANCA-positive SBE, which was induced by attenuated slow-growing intracellular pathogens; these patients had severe complications, such as acute kidney injury, cerebral embolism, and aortic valve destruction.
- Subjects
INFECTIVE endocarditis; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; BARTONELLA; KIDNEY injuries; DISEASE complications; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; ESCHERICHIA coli; CEREBRAL embolism &; thrombosis
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 5, p536
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/s10165-011-0434-7