| Literature DB >> 19795220 |
Rahil Kasmani1, Kelechi Okoli, Kalpana Naraharisetty, William Gunning, Joseph I Shapiro, Shobha Ratnam.
Abstract
Most of the purported links between microbial agents and primary small-vessel anti-neutrophilic antibody-positive (ANCA) vasculitides remain speculative. There is strong circumstantial evidence for the role of Staphylococcus aureus in the development of Wegener's granulomatosis, but its role in other ANCA-positive vasculitis syndromes is less clear. We describe a patient who developed a non-granulomatous, necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis with a positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody of a perinuclear type (p-ANCA), along with anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies after recurrent episodes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19795220 DOI： 10.1007/s11255-009-9652-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Urol Nephrol ISSN： 0301-1623 Impact factor: 2.370