Nephrotic syndrome and acute renal failure associated with hepatitis A virus infection.
Acute renal failure has been documented in association with hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection. This report describes a temporal relationship between HAV infection and immune complex mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis associated with nephrotic syndrome. Animal experimental data have already shown that this is indeed a histological lesion associated with HAV infection. This case report is the first English documentation associating HAV infection with immune complex mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.
Department of Medicine, University of Health Science, Chicago Medical School, Illinois.
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Grewal
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Cheng
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000276:immunology*; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M