Background: Renal complication of leptospirosis is common and its clinical manifestations vary from urinary sediment changes to acute renal failure. The aim of this study was to determine the final outcome of renal involvement in leptospirosis. Methods: This longitudinal prospective study included all serologically confirmed cases of leptospirosis with evidence of renal failure. All patients...

human echinococcosis remains a complex problem that affects several organs. hydatid disease mainly (85%) affects liver as well as lung, and 10% the rest of the body. renal involvement is about 2% while skin hydatidosis is nearly 1%. coincidental involvement of kidney and skin is very rare. we report a 51 year-old female patient with renal and skin (chest wall) hydatid lesions that were excised ...

Parent involvement (PI) in school is associated with more positive academic performance and social competence in children. However, there are inadequacies in current measures of PI and a need for a better understanding of predictors of PI. In this study, measures were obtained from a normative sample of 387 children in kindergarten and first grade from high-risk neighborhoods in 4 different sit...

abstract background: invasive fungal infection is an opportunistic infection caused commonly by mucoraccae and aspergillus. it mostly occurs in patients with underlying disease. since it has a high mortality and morbidity rate, considering a treatment strategy seems necessary.   objective: since there has not been a clear protocol for treating these patients, we decided to establish a protocol ...

The cardinal manifestations of Bardet–Biedl Syndrome are described to include retinal dystrophy, obesity, polydactyly or dysmorphic extremities, mental retardation, and hypogonadism which especially affects boys. Renal involvement has been described as a sixth cardinal feature. Only in the last 20 years has a significant renal component been noted. The spectrum of renal involvement can range fr...

abstract pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. renal involvement is uncommon. we describe two cases of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe) in two women with distinctive skin lesions and nephrocalcinosis that renal ultrasonography showed a characteristic pattern of dotted increased echogenicity in the corticomedullary...

Primary Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease presenting classically as keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Renal involvement in Sjögrens's syndrome is less common, and the initial presentation with renal complications without any sicca symptoms is extremely rare. The renal involvement may present with symptoms arising from interstitial nephritis, mainly distal renal tubular acidosis.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES HIV/AIDS patients may have renal involvement also, however, Indian data are sparse. The present study was done to find the spectrum of renal diseases in HIV/AIDS patients in north India. METHODS In this prospective pilot study, HIV positive patients aged >18 yr were screened for renal involvement [serum creatinine >1.5 mg% and/or significant proteinuria (>500 mg /day)]...