Endocarditis-associated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis mimicking vasculitis: a diagnostic and treatment challenge

• Published in: Annals of medicine (Helsinki) Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 754 - 763
• Main Authors: Ai, Sanxi, Liu, Jianzhou, Ma, Guotao, Ye, Wenling, Hu, Rongrong, Zhang, Shangzhu, Fan, Xiaohong, Liu, Bingyan, Miao, Qi, Qin, Yan, Li, Xuemei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 31.12.2022; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Endocarditis - complications; Glomerulonephritis - diagnosis; Glomerulonephritis - drug therapy; Humans; immunosuppressive therapy; Infective endocarditis; Kidney - pathology; Nephrology & Urology; Retrospective Studies; RPGN; vasculitis; Vasculitis - complications; Vasculitis - diagnosis; Vasculitis - drug therapy; immunosuppressive therapy; Infective endocarditis; RPGN; vasculitis

Infective endocarditis (IE)-associated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is rarely reported. Sporadic case reports have noted the diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in IE-associated glomerulonephritis because it may masquerade as idiopathic vasculitis. Patients with clinical diagnosis...