Acute interstitial nephritis associated with etanercept.
We encountered an adult patient with rheumatoid arthritis who developed acute interstitial nephritis associated with an anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agent, etanercept.
Sugimoto
Toshiro
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. toshiro@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Yasuda
Mako
M
Sakaguchi
Masayoshi
M
Koyama
Tetsuro
T
Uzu
Takashi
T
Nishioka
Junichi
J
Kashiwagi
Atsunori
A
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000068800:Etanercept; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced*; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000068800:Etanercept