Bullous pemphigoid associated with acute glomerulonephritis.
We report an 82-year-old man who presented with bullous pemphigoid and who later developed an acute glomerulonephritis with the histopathological and immunofluorescence pattern of a postinfectious glomerulonephritis. Antibodies directed against 230 and 180 kDa bullous pemphigoid antigens were detected in the patient's serum by means of the immunoprecipitation technique. Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus were isolated from the patient's skin. We consider that in this particular patient the cutaneous infection played a part in the development of the kidney complication.
Barnadas
M A
MA
Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Sta Creu i St Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Gelpí
C
C
Rocamora
V
V
Baró
E
E
Ballarín
J
J
Nadal
C
C
Bielsa
A
A
Aróstegui
J
J
Alomar
A
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*