机构:
Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dept Med, Div Nephrol & Hypertens, Chapel Hill, NC USAUniv North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dept Med, Div Nephrol & Hypertens, Chapel Hill, NC USA
Jain, Koyal
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机构:
[1] Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dept Med, Div Nephrol & Hypertens, Chapel Hill, NC USA
[2] Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Div Nephropathol, Chapel Hill, NC USA
来源:
ADVANCES IN KIDNEY DISEASE AND HEALTH
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2024年
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31卷
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03期
The nephritic syndrome has been associated with a wide variety of infections, spanning many organisms and myriad clinical presentations. Infection-associated glomerulonephritis is challenging to diagnose given the many confounding factors linking kidney injury to infection; however, urine microscopy can assist in identifying abnormal cellular elements suggestive of glomerulonephritis. Kidney biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing the underlying pathologic lesion. Treatment of infectionassociated glomerulonephritis centers around aggressive and complete treatment of the underlying infectious driver. It is often hard to know exactly when immunosuppression may be required in addition to treating the infection. (c) 2024 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.