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Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in a Patient with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection

Amos Pasternack, Heikki Helin, T Vänttinen, G. Järventie, Timo Vesikari

Abstract

A 26-year-old man developed pneumonia, hepatitis and biopsy-verified acute tubulointerstitial nephritis coinciding with a rise and fall of complement-fixing antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. M. pneumoniae antigenic material and complement (C3) in the renal interstitium were shown by immunohistochemical techniques. A causal relationship between M. pneumoniae infection and the renal lesion is suggested.

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Key concepts: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Medicine, Nephritis, Mycoplasmataceae, Immunology, Intensive care medicine, Microbiology, Mycoplasma