Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis in a patient with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
A 26-year-old man developed pneumonia, hepatitis and biopsy-verified acute tubulointerstitial nephritis coinciding with a rise and fall of complement-fixing antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. M. pneumoniae antigenic material and complement (C3) in the renal interstitium were shown by immunohistochemical techniques. A causal relationship between M. pneumoniae infection and the renal lesion is suggested.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications