Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis


Chronic infection

Presence of a protracted or persistent infection by a pathogen potentially related to an underlying abnormality of the immune system that is not able to clear the infection.


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PMID (PMCID)
8535351
 MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA)--markers in diagnosis and monitoring systemic vasculitides.
Cristea A, Badea T, Bodizs G, Olinic N.
Rom J Intern Med. 1995;33(1-2):37-46.
These autoantibodies are present in a large number of diseases, such as: systemic vasculitides, idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis, inflammatory bowel diseases and in some other conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, Felty syndrome, acute and chronic infections.