[Proliferative glomerulonephritis and erythroblastopenia associated with Bartonella quintana endocarditis]

Nephrol Ther. 2015 Dec;11(7):569-72. doi: 10.1016/j.nephro.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Sep 26.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Bartonella quintana is a facultative intracellular bacteria responsible of negative blood culture endocarditis whose diagnosis is often delayed. The occurrence of renal involvement has been exceptionally described in this context. We report the case of a 54-year-old man presenting with Bartonella quintana endocarditis complicated by proliferative glomerulonephritis with acute kidney injury and erythroblastopenia.

Keywords: Bartonella quintana; Endocardite; Endocarditis; Erythroblastopenia; Glomérulonéphrite proliférative; Proliferative glomerulonephritis; Érythroblastopénie.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury / drug therapy
  • Acute Kidney Injury / microbiology
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital / drug therapy
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital / microbiology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bartonella quintana* / isolation & purification
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis
  • Glomerulonephritis / drug therapy
  • Glomerulonephritis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Trench Fever / diagnosis
  • Trench Fever / drug therapy
  • Trench Fever / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Transient erythroblastopenia of childhood