title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection with PCR in renal tissue of a patient with acute glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Renal disease concurrent with a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is uncommon. In this report we describe the clinical outcome of a 6-year-old patient who presented with a rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis that required dialysis. A kidney biopsy was performed, and the results revealed membranoprolipherative glomerulonephritis. The IgM serology was positive, and M. pneumoniae DNA was detected in a renal biopsy sample using a nested-PCR assay. The outcome was good.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Department, Hospital Municipal del Niño, Granada 4175 (1754), San Justo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. mlaso@intramed.net.ar
authors.forename: María del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Laso
authors.forename: María Estela
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cadario
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haymes
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grimoldi
authors.forename: Ziomara
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Balbarrey
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casanueva
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M