Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis


Bacteremia

Presence of viable bacteria in the blood.


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PMID (PMCID)
19204555
MALE Middle Aged
Favorable outcome after aggressive treatment of infection in a diabetic patient with MRSA-related IgA nephropathy.
Riley AM, Wall BM, Cooke CR.
Am J Med Sci. 2009;337(3):221-3.
We describe a patient with a history of diabetes mellitus who was admitted with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and subsequent demonstration on renal biopsy of crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with codominant IgA and C3 immune deposits and early changes of diabetic nephropathy.