title: Bartonella endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Infectious endocarditis is associated with a number of systemic manifestations, including kidney disease. Kidney manifestations, including hematuria, parenchymal infarction, and glomerulonephritis, may affect as many as 40%-50% of patients with infective endocarditis. In a minority of cases of infective endocarditis, routine bacterial cultures do not yield an offending organism. Bartonella species are a known and relatively common cause of culture-negative endocarditis and have been associated with the development of endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis. We present a case of Bartonella endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis in which recognition of a characteristic immunofluorescent pattern and thorough investigation of the clinical history led to this uncommon diagnosis.
authors: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
authors: Mazdak A
authors: MA
authors: Khalighi
authors: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA.
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Nguyen
authors: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA.
authors: Jean A
authors: JA
authors: Wiedeman
authors: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: fpalmadiaz@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors: Miguel F
authors: MF
authors: Palma Diaz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
keywords: Bartonella endocarditis; endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis