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A Case of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus sanguinis Resulting in Stroke, Ruptured Infected Pseudoaneurysm of Superior Mesenteric Artery, and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
Intern Med. 2023 Jun 21. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2017-23. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 71-year-old-man was admitted to our hospital with a cerebral embolism and diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Streptococcus sanguinis. Mitral valve replacement was performed. About one month later, he experienced sudden abdominal pain and shock due to a ruptured infected mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm. Forty-four days after abdominal surgery, he presented with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies. He was treated with plasma exchange and prednisolone, and his ...
Source: Internal Medicine - June 21, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Go Takahashi Tomoyuki Watanabe Takeshi Satoh Source Type: research

Clinicohistological Profile and Outcomes of Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis: A Prospective Study from North India
This study included 40 patients of biopsy-proven RPGN. The diagnosis of RPGN was based on renal histology showing crescents in >50% of glomeruli. All patients were given induction with intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone (0.5 g) for three days followed by maintenance with oral prednisolone (1 mg/kg/day) and six IV pulses of cyclophosphamide (0.5 g) given fortnightly followed by maintenance therapy with azathioprine (2 mg/kg/day). The outcomes were recorded. Three-fourth of the patients (77.4%) required renal replacement therapy (RRT) at diagnosis. More than half of patients (57.5%) were antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibo...
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - January 17, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Deepak Sharma Sudhir Mehta Jasvinder Singh Sandhu Preet Mohinder Sohal Vikas Makkar Source Type: research