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Plasmapheresis for treatment of immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis in infective endocarditis: a case report and literature review

We report the case of a 57-year-old man who presented with subacute bacterial endocarditis secondary to Streptococcus mutans complicated by biopsy-proven immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis (ICGN). Despite initial treatment with antibiotics and a short course of corticosteroids, the kidney fu...

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Autores principales: Halpin, Meredith, Kozyreva, Olga, Bijol, Vanesa, Jaber, Bertrand L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dustri-Verlag Dr. Karl Feistle 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29043144
http://dx.doi.org/10.5414/CNCS109082