title: Acute renal failure due to postinfectious glomerulonephritis during pregnancy.
abstract: Acute renal failure is a rare but potentially devastating complication of pregnancy. Among its many potential causes is acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis. We describe a case of acute renal failure during pregnancy, provide the histologic features of the renal biopsy, and discuss the differential diagnosis. Postinfectious glomerulonephritis can present rapidly after clinical infection and cause acute renal failure in pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5114, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fervenza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lafayette
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious