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  • Title: Novel C3 nephritic factor activity in the glomerulonephritis of staphylococcal endocarditis.
    Author: Craddock CF, Richards NP, Powell RJ, Morgan AG.
    Journal: Q J Med; 1987 Nov; 65(247):895-8. PubMed ID: 3455546.
    Abstract:
    A case of glomerulonephritis complicating staphylococcal endocarditis is presented. Hypocomplementaemia and a C3-activating factor in the serum suggested that the patient might have mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis in association with C3-nephritic factor. Renal biopsy showed that this was not so and further examination of the serum factor showed that it differed from classical C3-nephritic factor because it was not an immunoglobulin. It is postulated that complement activation and glomerulonephritis in staphylococcal endocarditis may be the direct result of a bacterial product. A substance in the serum which activates C3 should be confirmed to be an immunoglobulin before the presence of classical C3-nephritic factor is assumed.
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