A case report of crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with Hantaan virus infection.
Although various glomerular diseases in hantavirus infection have been reported, an association between hantavirus infection and crescentic glomerulonephritis has not been described. Herein, we report a case of immune complex-mediated crescentic glomerulonephritis in a 70-year-old man with Hantaan virus infection.
Kim
Soi
S
Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Sung
Sun Hee
SH
An
Hye Rim
HR
Jun
Yoon Hee
YH
Yu
Mina
M
Ryu
Dong-Ryeol
DR
Kim
Seung-Jung
SJ
Kang
Duk-Hee
DH
Choi
Kyu Bok
KB
D000368:Aged; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018063:Hantaan virus; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome