Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is an immunologically mediated condition that represents a significant cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). It is characterised by diffuse inflammatory infiltrates ...

Researchers found patients who were diagnosed with acute interstitial nephritis had higher levels of urinary TNF-alpha and interleukin-9, which suggests that testing these levels could improve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The patient was a recent kidney transplant recipient with recurring infection. E. coli was consistently ...

Steroid treatment of acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) leads to greater improvement in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and fewer patients progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), ...

An easy-to-use nomogram accurately predicts which patients with lupus nephritis have IFTA. Investigators have created a nomogram that predicts the probability of interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy ...

A recent study posted to medRxiv* preprint server reported a novel form of post-acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome in children. Study: Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis with or ...

Dr. Eugene P. Rhee: A 74-year-old man was evaluated in the nephrology clinic of this hospital because of chronic kidney disease. The patient had been in his usual state of health when he was referred ...

AN increased incidence of chronic interstitial nephritis, often associated with necrosis of the renal papillae, was noted in Switzerland by Zollinger and Spühler 1 during the decade 1940–1950. In ...