Bullous pemphigoid associated with acute glomerulonephritis |
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| Authors: | Barnadas,GelpÍ ,Rocamora,BarÓ ,BallarÍ N,Nadal,Bielsa,ARÓ stegui,& Alomar |
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| Affiliation: | Departments of Dermatology,;Immunology, Hospital de la Sta Creu i St Pau, 08025 Barcelona,;Department of Nephrology, FundacióPuigvert, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | We report an 82-year-old man who presented with bullous pemphigoid and who later developed an acute glomerulonephritis with the histopathological and immunofluorescence pattern of a postinfectious glomerulonephritis. Antibodies directed against 230 and 180 kDa bullous pemphigoid antigens were detected in the patient's serum by means of the immunoprecipitation technique. Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus were isolated from the patient's skin. We consider that in this particular patient the cutaneous infection played a part in the development of the kidney complication. |
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