title: ANCA-GBM dot-blot test in diagnosis of patients with glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Patients with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis who are positive for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) or anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies may develop chronic renal failure leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) within days or weeks. The early serologic detection of auto-antibodies associated with ANCA and anti-GBM diseases will be helpful in preventing ESRD. We evaluated the combined ANCA-GBM dot-blot strip assay (Biomedical Diagnostics, Brugge, Belgium) in 30 consecutive patients with biopsy proven glomerulonephritis (GN). MPO- and PR3-ANCA were detected in 5 and 2 samples, respectively. Three samples were positive for both MPO- and PR3-ANCA (all 3 had focal segmental necrotizing GN). One patient was diagnosed as having Goodpastures' syndrome (the only anti-GBM positive result) and two had Wegener's granulomatosis (the two PR3-ANCA positive results). Two additional samples were equivocal: positive for MPO-ANCA and PR3-ANCA, respectively. Patients positive only for MPO-ANCA had only limited extrarenal organ manifestations. Anti-PR3 positive patients with necrotizing glomerulonephritis had a more dramatic deterioration of their renal function at diagnosis. Radiographically, these patients had nodular or pneumonia-like lesions. Acute respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation was developed in one GBM positive patient. In conclusion, the ANCA-GBM dot-blot is a useful screening tool in situations where conventional ANCA testing is not readily available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Clinical Centre, Medical Faculty, Skopje, R. Macedonia. majamil@freemail.com.mk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milovanceva-Popovska
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grcevska
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dzikova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ristovska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrusevska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stefanovski
authors.forename: Jan W Cohen
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Tervaert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polenakovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000032:analysis*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D050533:Glomerular Basement Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D053146:Myeloblastin / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D009195:Peroxidase; D053146:Myeloblastin