Association between Causative Pathogen and Occurrence of Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis in Infective Endocarditis.
Nabin K ShresthaEmese C KanyoGeorges N NakhoulLeal C HerlitzSteven M GordonPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Among patients with pathologically-proven infective endocarditis, the association of pathogen with occurrence of infection-related glomerulonephritis (IRGN) was examined in 48 cases of IRGN and 192 propensity score-matched controls. Bartonella was very strongly associated with IRGN (OR 38.2, 95% C.I. 6.7-718.8, p-value <.001); other microorganisms were not.
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