1. How do you begin the evaluation of kidney disease in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection? The differential diagnosis of kidney disease in the setting of HIV infection covers a wide spectrum of kidney disorders including acid-base…
1. What types of viral hepatitis are associated with glomerulonephritis? Chronic carriers of hepatitis B (HBV; 400 million people worldwide) or hepatitis C (HCV; 170 million people worldwide) are at increased risk of developing a variety of glomerular diseases linked…
1. Wasn’t this category previously called postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN)? There has been considerable effort to reclassify glomerular diseases that occur as a result of an infection. PIGN describes a unique clinical and pathogenic sequence of events that lead to an…