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.
Zikos
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Department of Medicine, University of Health Science, Chicago Medical School, Illinois.
Grewal
K S
KS
Craig
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Cheng
J C
JC
Peterson
D R
DR
Fisher
K A
KA
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