Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Due to Enterococcal Endocarditis

Glomerulonephritis following an enterococcal endocarditis is an extremely rare and life-threatening condition. We present the case of a 71-year-old patient with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis following enterococcal endocarditis after surgical replacement of the aortic valve. The combination...

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Autores principales: Klarić, Dragan, Žutelija, Marta, Šenjug, Petar, Klarić, Marta, Galešić Ljubanović, Danica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10455847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13081212
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Sumario:Glomerulonephritis following an enterococcal endocarditis is an extremely rare and life-threatening condition. We present the case of a 71-year-old patient with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis following enterococcal endocarditis after surgical replacement of the aortic valve. The combination of antibiotic therapy, corticosteroid therapy and haemodialysis led to an improvement in renal function; however, the severity of cardiac deterioration resulted in a fatal outcome.

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