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Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis

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Renal biopsy interpretation demands clinicopathologic correlation, which is particularly challenging in cases of endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis. Not only can the clinical diagnosis of endocarditis be challenging, the morphologic spectrum of endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis is unique among infection-associated glomerulonephritides in that it can mimic other diseases, and importantly, those that require a vastly different therapy. Though much of the available literature pertaining to endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis originated from autopsy specimens obtained during the pre-antibiotic era, it is critical for the clinician and pathologist alike to be familiar with the current era of endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis literature described in recent renal biopsy and autopsy series and as well as case reports, and to maintain a high index of suspicion.

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Abbreviations

IC:

Immune complex

MPGN:

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

ANA:

Anti-nuclear antibody

ANCA:

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody

C3:

Complement component 3

C4:

Complement component 4

GN:

Glomerulonephritis

Ig:

Immunoglobulin

MPO:

Myeloperoxidase

MRSA:

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

MSSA:

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

PR3:

Proteinase-3

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Boils, C.L. (2017). Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis. In: Satoskar, A., Nadasdy, T. (eds) Bacterial Infections and the Kidney. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52792-5_4

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