Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Complicating Staphylococcal Endocarditis in a Heroin Addict
作者:
Jesús Montoliu,
Josep M. Miró,
Josep M. Campistol,
Antoni Trilla,
Josep Mensa,
Albert Torras,
Lluís Revert,
期刊:
American Journal of Nephrology
(Karger Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 2
页码: 137-139
ISSN:0250-8095
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1159/000167450
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Henoch-Schönlein purpura;Staphylococcal endocarditis;Heroin addiction
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
A 21-year-old heroin addict with right-sided staphylococcal endocarditis developed skin purpura, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, proteinuria and microscopic hematuria. Skin biopsy showed leukocytoclastic vasculitis with IgA deposits in dermal vessels and renal biopsy disclosed proliferative glomerulonephritis with granular mesangial IgA and fibrinogen deposition. These features are typical of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Symptoms abated spontaneously. Since the syndrome appeared during cloxacillin therapy, both this drug or the infectious disease itself could have triggered the immune response. Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a distinct clinical entity that can complicate the course of staphylococcal endocarditi
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