title: Renal involvement in HIV-infection. Results from the Frankfurt AIDS Cohort Study (FACS) and a review of the literature.
abstract: The current report describes the experience from the Frankfurt AIDS Cohort Study with patients suffering from renal failure. The clinical data of 4993 HIV-infected patients between 1983 and 1998 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were seen at least twice a year and clinical features, routine laboratory results, including CD4+ cell counts, concomittant diseases, and antiretroviral therapy were documented by standardized methods. The incidence of renal failure during 4 observation periods with different antiretroviral treatment strategies are compared and data are discussed. Within the 16 years of observation 47 patients with impairement of their kidney function were identified. A trend to an increase of RF could be documented (chi superset2 -for trend p = 0.0246). The additional review intends to summarize the diverse reasons leading to renal dysfunction in HIV-infected individuals with special emphasis on glomerular disease and renal complications related to HIV therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Clinic III, Johann Wolfgang Goethe- Universität, Theodor Stern Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viertel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weidmann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rickerts
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Scheuermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brodt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies