Acute renal failure from nitrofurantoin-induced acute granulomatous interstitial nephritis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Namagondlu, G ^a   Low, S E ^a   Seneviratne, R ^a   Banerjee, A ^a  

^a WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; DOXAZOSIN; NITROFURANTOIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSURIA; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETHARGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 77950318166     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp146     Document Type: Article

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