EXTRACAPILLARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS RELATED TO BOUTONNEUSE SPOTTED-FEVER

Boutonneuse spotted fever is a summer and late spring infection caused by Rickettsia Conorii mainly in Middle East countries adjacent to the mediteranean coast (1). Malignant forms have been described in debili tated patients associated with prerenal azotemia, acute tubular necros is or renal vasculitis (2, 3). We report for the first time to our kno wledge, the association of an extracapillary glomerulonephritis with a Boutonneuse spot ted fever. This observation suggest that Rickettsia Conorii, as other bacteria, could participate to the development of gl omerulonephritis.