Bartonella Infectious Endocarditis Associated With Cryoglobulinemia and Multifocal Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

Bartonella sp. are a common cause of culture-negative infective endocarditis. Glomerulonephritis is a well-documented consequence of the immune activation associated with infective endocarditis. However, Cryoglobulinemia has not previously been reported in association with Bartonella infective endoc...

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Autores principales: Babiker, Ahmed, El Hag, Mohammed I, Perez, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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ID Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy186
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Sumario:Bartonella sp. are a common cause of culture-negative infective endocarditis. Glomerulonephritis is a well-documented consequence of the immune activation associated with infective endocarditis. However, Cryoglobulinemia has not previously been reported in association with Bartonella infective endocarditis. Below we report a case of a 48-year-old male with Bartonella henselae infective endocarditis complicated by cryoglobulinemia and multifocal proliferative glomerulonephritis, highlighting a possible link between Bartonella sp. infection and type III cryoglobulinemia.

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