ACase of Lupus-like Glomerulonephritis in an HIV-infected Patient

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased the life expectancy of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. However, the incidence of kidney diseases in HIV-infected patients has increased. Before the ART era, HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) was the most common type of glomerulonephritis in HIV-related kidney diseases, but after the advent of ART, many other types of glomerulonephritis, besides HIVAN, such as mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, and immune-complex glomerulonephritis have been reported (1). In Korea, only 1 case of HIV-related membranous glomerulonephritis has been reported (2) and lupus-like glomerulonephritis has not been reported thus far. Therefore, we report a case of a patient with HIV-related lupus-like glomerulonephritis who showed good response to treatment with ART and steroids.