CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS.

Minocycline-induced chronic interstitial nephritis?

Acute interstitial nephritis is a rare complication of tetracycline therapy and there have been two case reports associated with minocycline [1,2]. In both cases the patients presented within 2 weeks of commencing the antibiotic with an acute febrile illness and loin pain, and an acute interstitial nephritis was confirmed on renal biopsy. We report a case of chronic interstitial nephritis in a ...

Reversible Fluindione-Induced Chronic Interstitial Nephritis

Fluindione is well known to induce acute drug-induced interstitial nephritis (IN). Most cases occurred soon after the onset of treatment. We report a unique case of severe subacute fluindione-induced IN diagnosed 2 years after the treatment was begun. Renal function dramatically improved after fluindione withdrawal and steroid therapy.

Interstitial nephritis.

The clinical and pathological findings are reviewed in ten cases where renal biopsy showed abnormalities predominantly within the interstitium. In six the nephritis was considered to be drug-induced; in two the aetiology was slightly obscure but the most likely diagnosis was considered to be sarcoidosis. Of the remaining two cases one was chronic pyelonephritis and the other polyarteritis nodos...

Immunologically mediated chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis caused by valproate therapy.

Karyomegalic Interstitial Nephritis

Karyomegalic interstitial nephritis is a rare cause of hereditary chronic interstitial nephritis, described for the first time over 40 years ago.A 36-year-old woman, of Turkish origin, presented with chronic kidney disease and high blood pressure. She had a history of recurrent upper respiratory tract infections but no familial history of nephropathy. Physical examination was unremarkable. Labo...