title: Renal involvement in kala-azar.
abstract: Fifty one patients in a series of 1000 parasitologically confirmed patients of kala-azar showing proteinuria were studied from the point of view of renal involvement. Forty two out of these patients showed blood urea above 40 mg/dl and 12 had decreased glomerular filtration rate as well. Serum creatinine level was normal in all patients including those with blood urea of more than 100 mg/dl. It is therefore suggested that although there may be glomerular involvement in some patients of kala-azar, the changes are reversible.
authors.affiliation: Rajendra Memorial Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Patna.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ganguly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications*; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology*; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014508:Urea