Renal Complications of Bacterial Endocarditis
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Renal dysfunction associated with bacterial endocarditis can occur via a number of different mechanisms: immune complex deposition with glomerulonephritis, antibiotic-induced acute interstitial nephritis, acute tubular necrosis secondary to toxin or volume depletion, emboli causing renal infarction, direct invasion of the parenchyma by the microorganism, and thrombotic microangiopathy with cortical necrosis secondary to disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (Table 1).
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