title: HIV infection presenting as renal polyarteritis nodosa.
abstract: We present a case of renal vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa) in a 36-year-old female prostitute having undetected HIV infection (AIDS-related complex) and chronic B-hepatitis. The pathogenesis and significance of the association between these entities are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peiro
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D011859:Radiography