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Microscopic polyangiitis triggered by recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

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Most of the purported links between microbial agents and primary small-vessel anti-neutrophilic antibody-positive (ANCA) vasculitides remain speculative. There is strong circumstantial evidence for the role of Staphylococcus aureus in the development of Wegener’s granulomatosis, but its role in other ANCA-positive vasculitis syndromes is less clear. We describe a patient who developed a non-granulomatous, necrotizing small-vessel vasculitis with a positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody of a perinuclear type (p-ANCA), along with anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies after recurrent episodes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, 2213, Cherry Street, Toledo, OH, 43608, USA

    Rahil Kasmani, Kelechi Okoli & Kalpana Naraharisetty

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, USA

    William Gunning

  3. Department of Nephrology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, USA

    Joseph I. Shapiro & Shobha Ratnam

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Kasmani, R., Okoli, K., Naraharisetty, K. et al. Microscopic polyangiitis triggered by recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Int Urol Nephrol 42, 821–824 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-009-9652-8

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