Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis Secondary to Histoplasmosis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 681-685

  Adams, Amy L ^a   Cook, William J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

granulomatous interstitial nephritis; Histoplasma capsulatum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITRACONAZOLE; METHENAMINE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NECROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; WASTING SYNDROME;

GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 34548861216     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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