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Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in tuberculosis

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2014
Renal involvement in tuberculosis occurs due to lympho-hematogenous dissemi-nation. However, glomerular involvement is an uncommon event. Crescentic nephritis compli-cating tuberculosis is a therapeutic dilemma and weighs the risk of worsening the ...
Rajesh Waikhom, Dipankar Sarkar, Mahesh Bennikal, Rajendra Pandey   +3 more
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Avacopan or Glucocorticoids for Severe Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody–Associated Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis

Kidney International Reports
Introduction: The best immunosuppressive regimen to treat severe forms of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) remains elusive because patients with the lowest estimated glomerular ...
Stanislas Faguer, Charlotte Gabilan, Magali Colombat, Alexis Cassard, Clément Kounde, Juliette Pellegrini, Antoine Huart, Julie Belliere, David Ribes   +8 more
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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis in Human Brucellosis

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2021
Human brucellosis is a complex multisystem disease that can affect many organs. Renal involvement in human brucellosis is rarely found. Here, we present a case report of a patient who presented to us with acute kidney injury, complicating brucellosis ...
Hussien Muhammad Shebli, Sameer Mahmoud Al-Shayyab, Ayham Hadadd, Munther Hjazzat, Feda Smadi, Ameen Alqudah, Dalia Al-Habahbeh   +6 more
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Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in children

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), characterized by a rapid development of nephritis with loss of kidney function in days or weeks, is typically associated histologically, with crescents in most glomeruli; and is a challenging problem, particularly in low resource settings.
Moorani, Khemchand N, Aziz, Madiha, Amanullah, Farhana   +2 more
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Crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with syphilis: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Crescentic glomerulonephritis with syphilis infection is rare, and the mechanism underlying the formation of glomerular capillary wall damage-induced crescent has not been elucidated. Case presentation A 62-year-old Japanese male showed edema,
Akiko Kaiga, Yuka Sato, Haruna Arakawa, Tatemitsu Rai, Akihiro Tojo   +4 more
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Atypical presentation of syphilis: Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease with a wide range of clinical manifestations. With the recent worldwide resurgence of syphilis, it is imperative to recognize various presentations of this great imitator.
Semir Abdi Usmael, Tesfay Atsbaha Gebremedhin   +1 more
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Syphilis-related rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: a case presentation

BMC Nephrology, 2021
Background Syphilis is a multisystemic infection that causes a wide variety of symptoms and thus has been dubbed one of the great medical mimickers.
A. Qi, P. O. Fiset, L. Pilozzi-Edmonds
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Pauci-immune ANCA associated glomerulonephritis. Clinical case

Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2023
The female patient with extracapillary pauci-immune AncA associated glomerulonephritis having antibodies against myeloperoxidase and dialysis-requiring renal failure is described.
Leonid I. Dvoretsky, Sergey A. Krivushkin, Nina A. Sidoruk, Ekaterina S. Stoliarevich, Svetlana E. Kolendo, Rosa M. Vakolyuk , Kira S. Papko   +6 more
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The therapy of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis [PDF]

Klinische Wochenschrift, 1983
Of 30 therapy studies which distinguish between improved and non-improved renal function, 350 patients with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) were evaluated. Pure descriptions of cases were not included. The cases of RPGN were divided into autoantibody-induced and non-autoantibody-induced groups.
H G, Sieberth, N, Maurin
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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis [PDF]

Kidney International, 2003
pulmonary edema. Hemodialysis was initiated and continued throughout her admission. Renal ultrasound showed normal kidney size with echogenicity consistent with parenchymal disease. Serologic tests were ordered and a renal biopsy was performed. The renal biopsy demonstrated involvement of essentially all glomeruli by necrosis, sclerosis, or both ...
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