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Foscarnet-induced crystalline glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome and acute renal failure after kidney transplantation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10360595     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Foscarnet nephrotoxicity has been reported to be associated with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. Crystals in glomerular capillary lumens have also been observed in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who were treated with foscarnet for cytomegalovirus disease. We describe a kidney transplant recipient who developed a nephrotic syndrome with microscopic hematuria and nonoliguric acute renal failure within 15 days after starting foscarnet therapy for cytomegalovirus infection. A kidney biopsy specimen showed the presence of crystals in all glomeruli and in proximal tubules. Fourier transform infrared microscopy analysis demonstrated that crystals were made from several forms of foscarnet salts: mixed calcium and sodium salts, and unchanged trisodium foscarnet salts. Renal function and proteinuria spontaneously improved, and a second transplant biopsy performed 8 months after the first one revealed fibrotic organization of half of the glomeruli and of interstitial tissue, and crystal vanishing. We were thus able to provide proof of the possible precipitation of foscarnet in a transplanted kidney.
Authors:
G Zanetta; L Maurice-Estepa; C Mousson; E Justrabo; M Daudon; G Rifle; Y Tanter
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Transplantation     Volume:  67     ISSN:  0041-1337     ISO Abbreviation:  Transplantation     Publication Date:  1999 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-06-10     Completed Date:  1999-06-10     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0132144     Medline TA:  Transplantation     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1376-8     Citation Subset:  IM; X    
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology-Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Dijon, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
AIDS-Associated Nephropathy / chemically induced*
Antiviral Agents / adverse effects*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / surgery
Foscarnet / adverse effects*
Glomerulonephritis / chemically induced*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Acute / complications*
Kidney Transplantation*
Male
Middle Aged
Nephrotic Syndrome / complications
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antiviral Agents; 4428-95-9/Foscarnet

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