Atazanavir is commonly used as one of the key drugs in combination antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, atazanavir has the potential to yield its crystalline precipitation in urine and renal interstitial tissues, leading to crystalluria, urolithiasis, acute kidney injury (AKI) or chronic kidney disease (CKD). In epidemiological studies, atazanavir/ritonavir al...

Cellular and fluid exudation in the interstitial tissue was noted by Councilman in 1898, while he studied kidneys of patients who died of scarlet fever and diphtheria (1). Councilman also determined that these kidneys did not contain bacteria (they were sterile). He called the condition acute interstitial nephritis (AIN). The term interstitial nephritis connotes predominant involvement of the r...

BK virus (BKV) is a human polyomavirus. The primary infection occurs typically without specific signs or symptoms. Almost 80% of adults are seropositive. Clinically relevant infections are usually limited to individuals who are immunosuppressed. After primary infection, BKV remains latent in the kidneys and can be reactivated in the setting of immunosuppression. BKV is associated with tubuloint...

Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis is demonstrated in 2–3% of all native renal biopsies, increasing to 10–15% if the biopsy is performed in the setting of acute renal failure [1]. It is most commonly related to medication or infection [1,2]. An increasingly recognized entity is tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis (TINU) syndrome. We outline the clinical course of a patient with TINU syndr...

BACKGROUND Tubulointerstitial fibrosis is an index of clinical severity. FE Mg has been delineated to correlate directly with the magnitude of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in clinical setting of glomerulonephropathy. A correlation between FE Mg tubulointerstitial fibrosis has never been assessed in nephritis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. MATERIAL AND METHOD Thirty-six patients ...

IgG4 tubulointerstitial nephritis (IgG4-TIN) is the most common form of IgG4 renal disease. When IgG4-TIN is accompanied by other systemic manifestations the disease is known as IgG4-related systemic disease (IgG4-RSD). IgG4-RSD is well recognised in the form of tubulointerstitial nephritis (IgG4-related TIN) and may present with renal failure by mimicking neoplasms (tumefactive lesions) or wit...

Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome is a rare disease entity usually occurring in children. In the present study a case of TINU syndrome in an elderly patient is described and relevant literature is reviewed. A 61-year-old man presented with bilateral flank pain, urinary frequency, and foamy urine. A kidney ultrasonography revealed an increase in kidney parenchyma echogenic...