Proliferative glomerulonephritis revealing chronic Q fever

Am J Nephrol. 1996;16(2):159-61. doi: 10.1159/000168990.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 69-year-old male with a year-long history of renal failure. Investigation revealed proliferative glomerulonephritis, cryoglobulinemia, and Q fever endocarditis. Renal tissue examination for the presence of Coxiella burnetii was positive. The patient was treated by doxycycline and chloroquine; his clinical status, renal failure, and chronic Q fever have dramatically improved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Chronic Disease
  • Coxiella burnetii / drug effects
  • Coxiella burnetii / isolation & purification
  • Cryoglobulinemia / drug therapy
  • Cryoglobulinemia / etiology
  • Cryoglobulinemia / pathology
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / drug therapy
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / microbiology*
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / pathology
  • Humans
  • Kidney / microbiology
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Male
  • Q Fever / drug therapy
  • Q Fever / etiology*
  • Q Fever / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Chloroquine
  • Doxycycline