Borrelia and nephropathy: cryoglobulinaemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis responsive to doxycyclin in active Lyme disease
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Clinical Report Borrelia and nephropathy: cryoglobulinaemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis responsive to doxycyclin in active Lyme disease
The association of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) with Lyme borreliosis has only been reported for the C1q-negative subtype. A 64-year-old male presenting with rising creatinine, nephrotic syndrome and monoarthritis few months after a tick bite was noted to have mixed cryoglobulinaemia, a positive borrelia western blot and ‘full-house’ pattern MPGN with interstitial granuloma. ...
متن کاملBorrelia and nephropathy: cryoglobulinaemic membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis responsive to doxycyclin in active Lyme disease
The association of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) with Lyme borreliosis has only been reported for the C1q-negative subtype. A 64-year-old male presenting with rising creatinine, nephrotic syndrome and monoarthritis few months after a tick bite was noted to have mixed cryoglobulinaemia, a positive borrelia western blot and 'full-house' pattern MPGN with interstitial granuloma. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Kidney Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2048-8505,2048-8513
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfs149