title: [Occurrence of extracapillary glomerulonephritis during Mediterranean boutonneuse fever].
abstract: Boutonneuse spotted fever is a summer and late spring infection caused by Rickettsia Conorii mainly in Middle East countries adjacent to the mediterranean coast (1). Malignant forms have been described in debilitated patients associated with prerenal azotemia, acute tubular necrosis or renal vasculitis (2, 3). We report for the first time to our knowledge, the association of an extracapillary glomerulonephritis with a Boutonneuse spotted fever. This observation suggest that Rickettsia Conorii, as other bacteria, could participate to the development of glomerulonephritis.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durrbach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaccard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pruna
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bedrossian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Callard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Idatte
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Survenue d'une glomérulonéphrite extracapillaire au cours d'une fièvre boutonneuse méditerranéenne.