A case of HIV associated cryptococcal nephritis: Ultrastructural findings and literature review

Acute renal failure in the setting of infection with human immunodeficiency virus can be due to various causes including pre-renal causes such as hypotension, sepsis, and nephrotoxic agents; thrombotic microangiopathy; or direct renal parenchymal infections by opportunistic organisms. We present a c...

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Published inUltrastructural pathology Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 193 - 197
Main Authors Flowers, Ashley, Gu, Xin, Herrera, Guillermo A, Gibson, Sandy, King, Judy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 04.03.2018
Subjects
Acute Kidney Injury - immunology
Acute Kidney Injury - microbiology
Acute Kidney Injury - pathology
Adult
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - pathology
Cryptococcosis - immunology
Cryptococcosis - pathology
Fatal Outcome
HIV Infections - complications
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
C3
Cryptococcus
renal failure
electron microscopy
opportunistic infection
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Summary:Acute renal failure in the setting of infection with human immunodeficiency virus can be due to various causes including pre-renal causes such as hypotension, sepsis, and nephrotoxic agents; thrombotic microangiopathy; or direct renal parenchymal infections by opportunistic organisms. We present a case of cryptococcal nephritis in a patient with systemic cryptococcosis and discuss the clinical findings as well as the histological, immunofluorescent, and transmission electron microscopy findings in the renal biopsy.
ISSN:0191-3123
1521-0758
DOI:10.1080/01913123.2018.1440271