Diagnosing drug-induced AIN in the hospitalized patient: A challenge for the clinician

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 381-388

  Perazella, Mark A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute interstitial nephritis; Acute kidney injury; Acute tubular necrosis; Eosinophiluria; Leukocytes; Urine microscopy; White blood cell cast

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ACICLOVIR; ALLOPURINOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ATAZANAVIR; BETA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; CAPTOPRIL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDINAVIR; INTERFERON; MESALAZINE; MINOCYCLINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; BIOPSY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84901446793     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN108301     Document Type: Article

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