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Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies
Recent epidemiological or immunopathological studies demonstrate the possible association between giant cell arteritis and infectious agents including Chlamydia pneumoniae. A 62-year-old Japanese man with type 1 diabetes mellitus developed biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis after acute upper respira...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30962664 http://dx.doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.81.1.151 |
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author | Maekawa, Michitaka Iwadate, Tomonobu Watanabe, Kenshi Yamamoto, Rie Imaizumi, Takahiro Yamakawa, Taishi |
author_facet | Maekawa, Michitaka Iwadate, Tomonobu Watanabe, Kenshi Yamamoto, Rie Imaizumi, Takahiro Yamakawa, Taishi |
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description | Recent epidemiological or immunopathological studies demonstrate the possible association between giant cell arteritis and infectious agents including Chlamydia pneumoniae. A 62-year-old Japanese man with type 1 diabetes mellitus developed biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis after acute upper respiratory infection. Serological examination indicated concurrent re-infection with C. pneumoniae. Clinical manifestations of the vasculitis subsided within a month without any immunosuppressive therapy, and no relapse was observed for the following 12 months. The natural history of this disease is unclear and spontaneous remission is rarely reported. The self-limiting nature of the infection could contribute to this phenomenon. |
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spelling | pubmed-64336282019-04-08 Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies Maekawa, Michitaka Iwadate, Tomonobu Watanabe, Kenshi Yamamoto, Rie Imaizumi, Takahiro Yamakawa, Taishi Nagoya J Med Sci Short Communications Recent epidemiological or immunopathological studies demonstrate the possible association between giant cell arteritis and infectious agents including Chlamydia pneumoniae. A 62-year-old Japanese man with type 1 diabetes mellitus developed biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis after acute upper respiratory infection. Serological examination indicated concurrent re-infection with C. pneumoniae. Clinical manifestations of the vasculitis subsided within a month without any immunosuppressive therapy, and no relapse was observed for the following 12 months. The natural history of this disease is unclear and spontaneous remission is rarely reported. The self-limiting nature of the infection could contribute to this phenomenon. Nagoya University 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6433628/ /pubmed/30962664 http://dx.doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.81.1.151 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Short Communications Maekawa, Michitaka Iwadate, Tomonobu Watanabe, Kenshi Yamamoto, Rie Imaizumi, Takahiro Yamakawa, Taishi Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
title | Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
title_full | Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
title_fullStr | Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
title_short | Spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
title_sort | spontaneous remission of giant cell arteritis: possible association with a preceding acute respiratory infection and seropositivity to chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies |
topic | Short Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433628/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30962664 http://dx.doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.81.1.151 |
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