Arteritis

Studies from J. Koike and co-researchers yield new data on arteritis

Published in Blood Weekly, August 23rd, 2007

"A case with graft function failure due to granulomatous interstitial nephritis and arteritis probably associated with a urinary tract infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa within two months of kidney transplantation is reported. The recipient was a 42-yr-old male who had end-stage renal disease associated with chronic glomerulonephritis," researchers in Sugao, Japan report.

"He received a kidney transplant that was donated from a 54-yr-old male who died because of a subarachnoid hemorrhage. On the 60th day after operation, graft function failure occurred. A biopsy specimen showed granulomatous interstitial nephritis and vasculitis. At the same time, P. aeruginosa was...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2007-08-23)

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