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Objective To investigate the infection rates of mycoplasma penetrans (Mpe),mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) and mycoplasma ferments (Mf) in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN),chronic kideny disease (CKD),and heathy people,to compare the difference of infection rate,and to analyze the association of mycoplasma infection and clinicopathological features in IgAN.Methods Blood samples were collected from 118 patients in IgAN group,90 patients in CKD group,and 89 cases in health control group.DNA of Mpe,Mp and Mf was detected in plasma by PCR.Positive cases were confirmed by Southern blot.According to mycoplasma infection,IgAN patients were divided into two groups,then analyzed the clinicopatholgical features.Results (1)Genus,Mpe,Mp,and Mf positive rates were 33.05％,16.1％,25.45 ％,and 8.47％ in IgAN group,respectively; 5.56％,2.22％,5.56％,and 2.22％ in CKD group,respectively; and 3.33 ％,1.11％,2.22％,and 0 in health group,respectively.Compared with CKD and health group,patients in IgAN group had a higher infection rate in Genus,Mpe,and Mp (P ＜ 0.05).In IgAN group,10 patients had three kinds of mycoplasmas infection at the same time,and positive rate was 8.47％ much higher than CKD group (positive rate was 2.22％) (P ＜ 0.05).(2) Based on mycoplasm detection results,IgAN patients were divided into two groups,overlapping infection group and mycoplasma negative group.In overlapping infection group,the mean age of onset was much younger than negative group.Compared with negative group,overlapping infection group had higher tonsillitis and urinary tract infection rate,more severe microscopic hematuria and tubulointerstitium lesion (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Patients with IgAN had higher infection rate of Genus,Mpe and Mp,compared with CKD patients and health people.Compared with mycoplasma negative group in IgAN patients,more severe microscopic hematuria and tubulointerstitium lesion in overlapping infection group,which suggested that infection of Mpe might have some possible connection with IgAN.
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Objective To investigate the relationship of the clinical characteristics and the Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy.Methods Clinical presentation (age,gender,course of disease,blood pressure,hematuria,24-hour proteinuria,serum creatinine,serum albumin,triglyceride,cholesterol,and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)),pathological data (mesangial hypercellularity,endocapillary hypercellularity,segmental sclerosis or adhesions,tubular atrophy or interstitial fibrosis,artery score,and cellular + fiberocellular crescents) and their correlation of 192 patients with IgA nephropathy patients were analyzed.Results (1)Clinically,hematuria + albuminuria type was the most common among 192 the patients with IgA nephropathy (72 cases,37.5％) followed by nephrotic syndrome (42 cases,21.9％),renal insufficiency (29 cases,15.1％),hypertension (72 cases,37.5％).(2)M1 was 60.0％,E1 was 55.2％,S1 was 46.9％,T0,T1,T2 were 59.9％,22.9％,and 17.2％,respectively,small artery thickening was 46.9％,patients with cellular + fiberocellular crescents wais 48.5％.Some pathology features were related to age.(3)Proteinuria was associated with the mesangial hypercellularity score,endocapillary hypercellularity,segmental sclerosis or adhesions,and tubular atrophy or interstitial fibrosis and cellular + fiberocellular crescents.Blood pressure and renal function were associated with segmental sclerosis or adhesions,tubular atrophy or interstitial fibrosis,small artery thickening and cellular + fiberocellular crescents.Conclusions The Oxford classification has a good clinical guide of treatment and prognosis of IgA nephropathy.