Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

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Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

Anonymous (74.71.63.x) 1190117097|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I have found an article that argues in favor of the renal pathology being caused by a glomerular process and not a tubular process.

The name of the article is:

Acute Glomerulonephritis Associated with Acute Q Fever: Case Report and
Review of the Renal Complications of Coxiella burnetii Infection

It can be accesed via ScienceDirect through the library website.

Alternatively, here's a link that may work:
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v26n2/fe31_359/fe31_359.web.pdf

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Re: Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

Anonymous (74.71.102.x) 1190125114|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Hey all,
I think in class he hinted at the fact that kidney disease can present in several ways, and that this patient did not present as a glomerulonephritis, but rather a tubularnephritis symptomatically. Therefore, regaurdless of whether it CAN happen in Q fever, I feel like given the patient presentation, what was more likely to happen is direct infection of the tubules.

Re: Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

Anonymous (139.127.225.x) 1190126147|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Yeah, he specifically said he didn't think this was glomerunephritis.

Re: Renal Complications of C. Burnetii Infection

Anonymous (74.79.179.x) 1190169292|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Without involvement of the glomeruli, how is the high serum creatinine explainable. Creatinine is filtered and very little or non is reabsorbed by the tubules, so tubular damage alone doesn't seem to cut it, unless there's another explanation out there for the high serum creatinine levels.

Nicolette