title: [Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies associated with infective endocarditis: Literature review].
abstract: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) associated with infective endocarditis are a rare disorder. The condition can mimic primary systemic vasculitis (i.e. granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis). Thus, a wrong diagnosis of valvular involvement related to primary systemic vasculitis can be made in patients exhibiting ANCA associated with infective endocarditis. Because treatment of both conditions is different, this wrong diagnosis will lead to dramatic consequences in these latter patients. This review reports the state of knowledge and proposes an algorithm to follow when confronted to a possible case of ANCA associated with infective endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine interne, CHU de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France. Electronic address: isabelle.marie@chu-rouen.fr.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marie
mesh_terms: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
keywords: ANCA; Endocardite infectieuse; Facteurs prédictifs; Infectious endocarditis; Predictive factors; Prognosis; Pronostic; Therapy; Traitement