title: Renal vasculitis with HIV seropositivity: potential manifestation of cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: The associations among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and its variant, "collapsing glomerulopathy," often leading to chronic renal failure, are well described. HIV-seropositive patients may also develop a variety of immune complex-mediated glomerular diseases, including postinfectious glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Herein we describe a case of pauci-immune necrotizing renal vasculitis in an HIV-seropositive patient, thereby expanding the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Chertow
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Rennke
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Curhan
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000209:etiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*