A 3 year old boy who had chronic active hepatitis type B with features of ongoing liver damage and active virus replication, developed acute membranous glomerulonephritis two years after the clinical onset of liver disease, when both hepatitis B e antigen and antibody were detectable in serum. After withdrawal of short term steroid treatment and resolution of hepatitis B virus replication, both...

We describe the case of a 48-year-old man with an acute nephritis and respiratory failure. Clinical history, streptococcal antibody titres and renal biopsy led to a diagnosis of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Respiratory investigations excluded pulmonary oedema and infection. We hypothesize that this man had a co-existing post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and an immune-mediated pneu...

Glomerulonephritis is a renal disease characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli, i.e., small blood vessels, in the kidneys. It may present with isolated hematuria and/or proteinuria or as nephritic syndrome, acute renal failure, or chronic renal failure. Glomerulonephritis has several different pathological patterns that can be broadly grouped into non-proliferative and proliferative types...

Acute autologous phase anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis was compared in Th1-prone (C57BL/6) and Th2-prone (BALB/c) mice. Sensitized BALB/c mice, given a subnephritogenic intravenous dose of anti-mouse glomerular basement membrane globulin, developed acute glomerulonephritis characterized by marked proteinuria and glomerular deposition of mouse immunoglobulin and complement. ...

The metabolic behavior of C'3 labeled with radioactive iodine was investigated in 10 normal subjects and in 20 patients with diseases in which complement is thought to play a pathophysiological role. The mean fractional catabolic rate of C'3 in normal subjects was 2.3 +/- 1.0% of the plasma pool per hr, whereas the fractional catabolic rate of C'3(i), the inactive conversion product of C'3 prod...

The spectrum of infection-related kidney diseases (IRKD) is diverse resulting from either direct invasion or indirectly by immune-mediated mechanisms nephrotoxic effects antimicrobial agents used for treatment. IRKD can manifest in form several renal clinical syndromes: acute injury (AKI), and chronic glomerulonephritis syndrome, nephrotic syndrome etc. common developing countries but the data ...

The case is reported of a woman who recovered from acute glomerulonephritis with oliguria of 43 days duration and who subsequently developed hypercalcaemia, treated by parathyroidectomy. The evidence is presented that the acute nephritis developed in the presence of a primary parathyroid adenoma, providing the natural experiment of hypercalcaemia temporarily depressed by acute renal failure.

This case report represents a rare of 14-year-old female who diagnosed with hypocompementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome that presents glomerulonephritis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The progression the symptoms explained in text below which final diagnosis was reached after challenging approach. Patient managed properly followed up treating rituxi...