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| Monteiro,Eduardo José Bellotto; Caron,Daiane; Balda,Carlos Alberto; Franco,Marcello; Pereira,Aparecido Bernardo; Kirsztajn,Gianna Mastroianni. |
| We report on a case of a patient with HIV infection, diagnosed 18 months prior to the development of an anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; this is probably the first report of such an association. A 30-year-old white man presented with elevation of serum creatinine (1.3 - 13.5 mg/dL within one month). At admission, the urinalysis showed proteinuria of 7.2 g/L and 8,000,000 erythrocytes/mL. Renal biopsy corresponded to a crescentic diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis mediated by anti-GBM, and serum testing for anti-GBM antibodies was positive; antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) were also positive. The patient underwent hemodyalisis and was treated with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Anti-GBM glomerulonephritis; HIV; Urinary abnormalities. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000100011 |
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| Lopes,Edmundo P.A.; Valente,Lucila M.; Silva,A. Eduardo B.; Kirsztajn,Gianna Mastroianni; Cruz,Cibele N.; Ferraz,Maria Lucia G. |
| We describe a treatment made with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) plus ribavirin of two patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) induced by hepatitis C virus (HCV): Case 1 was a 22-year-old woman with leg and facial edema, hypertension and proteinuria, whose liver biopsy revealed chronic active hepatitis; and Case 2 was a 42-year-old man with anasarca, hypertension and proteinuria, whose liver biopsy indicated cirrhosis. Both had anti-HCV, HCV-RNA and cryoglobulins. IFN-alpha (3 million units (MU), 3 times/week) and ribavirin (1 g/day) were administered for 12 months. The drugs were well tolerated by both patients. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels normalized and HCV-RNA became negative. Cryoglobulins disappeared and an... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Glomerulonephritis; Hepatitis C; Interferon; Ribavirin. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000500011 |
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