Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients
Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis (PIGN) is a disease of childhood. It is an important cause of acute kidney injury in childhood. It is now frequently identified in elderly people with compromised immune status and risk factors like malignancy and diabetes mellitus (DM). We have reported two cas...
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| description | Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis (PIGN) is a disease of childhood. It is an important cause of acute kidney injury in childhood. It is
now frequently identified in elderly people with compromised immune status and risk factors like malignancy and diabetes mellitus
(DM).
We have reported two cases of patients (age: 61 years and 80 years) which presented to us with unexplained renal failure. Both
patients required renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the form of hemodialysis for their renal failure. Auto-immune workup for both
patients was negative. Renal biopsy was performed and a diagnosis of PIGN was established on the basis of histopathological
characteristics. We treated both cases with intravenous antibiotics. Renal parameters of both patients started improving and both
achieved full renal recovery on long-term follow-up of 18 months.
PIGN can be seen in the adult population and should not be considered solely a childhood disease |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2dd19e3d3ce342fe96d3b8b2d244e2292022-12-22T00:29:20ZengLiaquat National Hospital and Medical CollegeLiaquat National Journal of Primary Care2707-35212708-91342022-06-01415962https://doi.org/10.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.4.1Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly PatientsNaila Asif0Shaheen Bibi1Mohammad Rizwan2Department of Nephrology, Liaquat Naitonal Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Nephrology, Liaquat Naitonal Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PakistanDepartment of Nephrology, Liaquat Naitonal Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PakistanPost-Infectious Glomerulonephritis (PIGN) is a disease of childhood. It is an important cause of acute kidney injury in childhood. It is now frequently identified in elderly people with compromised immune status and risk factors like malignancy and diabetes mellitus (DM). We have reported two cases of patients (age: 61 years and 80 years) which presented to us with unexplained renal failure. Both patients required renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the form of hemodialysis for their renal failure. Auto-immune workup for both patients was negative. Renal biopsy was performed and a diagnosis of PIGN was established on the basis of histopathological characteristics. We treated both cases with intravenous antibiotics. Renal parameters of both patients started improving and both achieved full renal recovery on long-term follow-up of 18 months. PIGN can be seen in the adult population and should not be considered solely a childhood diseasehttps://journals.lnh.edu.pk/lnjpc/pdf/9331dece-bc50-4470-bd06-573c62f5158a.pdfpost-infectious glomerulonephritis (pign)streptococcusstaphylococcusrapidly progressing renal failure (rpgn) |
| spellingShingle | Naila Asif Shaheen Bibi Mohammad Rizwan Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care post-infectious glomerulonephritis (pign) streptococcus staphylococcus rapidly progressing renal failure (rpgn) |
| title | Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients |
| title_full | Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients |
| title_fullStr | Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients |
| title_short | Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Elderly Patients |
| title_sort | post infectious glomerulonephritis in elderly patients |
| topic | post-infectious glomerulonephritis (pign) streptococcus staphylococcus rapidly progressing renal failure (rpgn) |
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