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ReviewJournal of medical case reports2023

Crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with syphilis: a case report and review of the literature.

Akiko Kaiga, Yuka Sato, Haruna Arakawa, Tatemitsu Rai, Akihiro Tojo

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Review in Journal of medical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Membranous Nephropathy Secondary to Syphilis.Case reports in nephrology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Akiko KaigaDepartment of Nephrology & Hypertension, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mubu, Tochigi, Japan.
Yuka SatoDepartment of Nephrology & Hypertension, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mubu, Tochigi, Japan.
Haruna ArakawaDepartment of Nephrology & Hypertension, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mubu, Tochigi, Japan.
Tatemitsu RaiDepartment of Nephrology & Hypertension, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mubu, Tochigi, Japan.
Akihiro TojoDepartment of Nephrology & Hypertension/Blood Purification Center, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mubu, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan. akitojo@dokkyomed.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9315-7546
Dokkyo Medical University · JPDokkyo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCrescentic glomerulonephritis with syphilis infection is rare, and the mechanism underlying the formation of glomerular capillary wall damage-induced crescent has not been elucidated. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old Japanese male showed edema, eruption, and rapid deterioration of the renal function after an acute syphilis infection. A renal biopsy showed crescentic glomerulonephritis with C3 deposition in the glomerular capillary wall, and immunostaining for anti-Treponema pallidum antibody was weakly positive in some interstitium and one glomerulus. Electron microscopy revealed the presence of string-shaped structures in the glomerular capillary walls. After treatment with penicillin followed by prednisolone, the renal function and urinary abnormalities, including Treponema pallidum protein, disappeared.

conclusionsCrescentic glomerulonephritis associated with syphilis showed a string-shaped deposition in the glomerular capillary and urinary Treponema pallidum protein excretion, and was effectively treated with penicillin and prednisolone.

Indexed as

GlomerulonephritisSyphilisAcute DiseaseEast Asian PeopleHumansKidney GlomerulusMaleMiddle AgedPenicillinsPrednisolonePenicillinsPrednisoloneCrescentic glomerulonephritisElectron microscopyRapidly progressive glomerulonephritisSyphilis

Identifiers

PMID38129918
PMCPMC10740279
OpenAlexW4390080833

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