title: Renal involvement in children with influenza A virus infection.
abstract: Renal involvement in influenza A virus infection has been rarely reported. To define the clinical characteristics and the factors contributing to the development of renal involvement in influenza A virus infection, we reviewed the clinical characteristics, laboratory data, pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score, and the number of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria and dysfunctional organs in 45 hospitalized children with influenza A virus infection. Eleven (24.4%) patients had renal involvement. All patients with renal involvement suffered from sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and 5 developed acute renal failure (ARF). The incidences of dehydration, hypotension, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and rhabdomyolysis were significantly higher in patients with renal involvement. PRISM scores, the numbers of SIRS criteria and dysfunctional organs, and mortality rate were also higher in patients with renal involvement. Influenza A RNA was absent in the renal tissues of 3 patients with ARF. These results suggested that renal involvement in influenza A virus infection occurred in patients with sepsis and MODS; dehydration, hypotension, DIC, and rhabdomyolysis were factors contributing to its development; direct viral injury to the kidney did not seem to occur in influenza A virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan. twata@hosp.niigata.niigata.jp
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Sawako
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Tokinari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D009980:Influenza A virus; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology