Hepatitis virus and kidney.
Hepatitis A, B and C viruses are major causes of viral hepatitis in human. These infectious agents not only damage liver parenchyma but can also affect renal parenchyma. Hepatitis A virus could produce acute renal failure in a similar fashion to hepatorenal syndrome. Several lines of evidence have shown that chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients could develop immune complex glomerulopathy. There are convincing data which incriminate hepatitis C virus as the proximate aetiology of certain forms of glomerulonephritis. In post-renal transplanted patients, hepatitis B and C virus could cause increased morbidity and mortality from chronic viral hepatitis. Whether renal transplantation should be performed, either as a donor or as a recipient, in subjects infected with hepatitis B or C virus, is still an issue of controversy.
Praditpornsilpa
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Eiam-Ong
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Sitprija
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D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*