Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis with uveitis (TINU syndrome) in a patient with serologic evidence for Chlamydia infection.
A 38-year-old female patient with acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU syndrome) is described. The cause of this rare disease is unknown; most patients affected are adolescent females. Serologic investigations in the patient reported point to a possible etiologic role of Chlamydia infection in this disease.
Stupp
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Medizinische Klinik, Regionalspital Langenthal, Schweiz.
Mihatsch
M J
MJ
Matter
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Streuli
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial