Glomerulonephritis associated with acute hepatitis B.
Acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has very rarely been associated with glomerulonephritis. We describe a case of post-infections glomerulonephritis associated with acute HBV infection. The kidney disease resolved concomitantly with the hepatitis, and the patient recovered from acute HBV infection.
Safadi
R
R
Department of Nephrology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Almog
Y
Y
Dranitzki-Elhalel
M
M
Rosenmann
E
E
Tur-Kaspa
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs; D001706:Biopsy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology