Fungal granulomatous interstitial nephritis presenting as acute kidney injury diagnosed by renal histology including PCR assay

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 459-462

  Ogura, Makoto ^a   Kagami, Shino ^a   Nakao, Masatsugu ^a   Kono, Midori ^a   Kanetsuna, Yukiko ^b   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; fungal granulomatous interstitial nephritis; polymerase chain reaction; trichosporon

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CISPLATIN; CREATININE; DOCETAXEL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGAL GRANULOMATOUS INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ABSCESS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OLIGURIA; PHARYNX CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON LAIBACHII; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84867432082     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfs103     Document Type: Article

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