tetracycline and Glomerulonephritis

Topics: Allopurinol; Aminoglycosides; Analgesics; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Captopril; Cephalosporins; Cisplatin; Diuretics; Glomerulonephritis; Gold; Humans; Kidney; Kidney Diseases; Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute; Lithium; Nephritis, Interstitial; Penicillamine; Penicillins; Rifampin; Semustine; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Trimethadione

Two patients with Q fever endocarditis are described. Both patients demonstrated some of the characteristic features of Q fever endocarditis, i.e. the long course of the disease before diagnosis, persistently negative blood cultures, resistance to conventional antibiotic therapy and a dramatic response to tetracycline therapy. Complications included arteriovenous thrombo-embolism and hepatic enlargement, and 1 patient developed an immune complex form of glomerulonephritis. The possibility of Q fever endocarditis should be considered in all patients with infective endocarditis in whom blood cultures are negative and who fail to respond to conventional antibiotic therapy.

Topics: Adult; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Female; Glomerulonephritis; Humans; Liver Diseases; Male; Q Fever; Tetracycline

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Ampicillin; Azathioprine; Bacteriuria; Cadaver; Female; Glomerulonephritis; Humans; Immunosuppression Therapy; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Kidney Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Nephrectomy; Polycystic Kidney Diseases; Prednisone; Pyelonephritis; Recurrence; Tetracycline; Transplantation, Homologous; Ureteral Obstruction; Urinary Catheterization; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Adult; Ampicillin; Bacteria; Chloramphenicol; Chronic Disease; Female; Glomerulonephritis; Humans; Kidney Diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Kidney Transplantation; Penicillin Resistance; Pyelonephritis; Renal Dialysis; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Time Factors; Transplantation, Homologous

Topics: Adult; Bacteriuria; Basement Membrane; Biopsy; Cystitis; Female; Focal Infection; Glomerulonephritis; Hematuria; Humans; Kidney Glomerulus; Male; Mycoplasma; Proteinuria; Pyuria; Tetracycline; Urinary Bladder

Topics: Eye Diseases; Glomerulonephritis; Humans; Lacrimal Apparatus; Male; Middle Aged; Polyarteritis Nodosa; Tetracycline

Topics: Adolescent; Ampicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; Child; Child, Preschool; Chloramphenicol; Enterococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; Glomerulonephritis; Humans; Kanamycin; Penicillin G; Penicillin Resistance; Proteus; Pyelonephritis; Staphylococcus; Streptomycin; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Adult; Anemia; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Dextrans; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Fanconi Syndrome; Female; Glomerulonephritis; Hepatolenticular Degeneration; Humans; Hydralazine; Kidney Diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Male; Methysergide; Middle Aged; Nephrotic Syndrome; Penicillamine; Phenacetin; Potassium Deficiency; Retroperitoneal Fibrosis; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bronchitis; Burns; Chloramphenicol; Endocarditis; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial; Gastroenterology; Glomerulonephritis; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Kanamycin; Meningoencephalitis; Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Penicillins; Preventive Medicine; Rheumatic Diseases; Streptomycin; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Urinary Tract Infections