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When Infection Mimics Vasculitis: Hydralazine-Induced ANCA-Associated Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in the Setting of Active Infective Endocarditis

Key takeaways

This is a single patient report. A blood pressure drug, hydralazine, triggered severe kidney inflammation (crescentic glomerulonephritis) that looked like an infection-driven blood vessel disease, in a person who also had a heart valve infection. One case cannot show how often this happens. It is a caution for doctors sorting out a tricky diagnosis.

Who did this work

Mohmmed Saleh (Henry Ford Hospital) · Shahrzad Zavoshi (Henry Ford Hospital) · Paul Fozo (Henry Ford Hospital)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-08-18
https://doi.org/10.12659/ajcr.954110