HIV-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY - AN INITIAL PRESENTATION IN AN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENT

Authors
BATES WD MULLER N VANDEWAL BW JACOBS JC
Citation
Wd. Bates et al., HIV-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY - AN INITIAL PRESENTATION IN AN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENT, South African medical journal, 84(4), 1994, pp. 223-224
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
South African medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
02569574
Volume
84
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
223 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-9574(1994)84:4<223:HN-AIP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The lesions of HIV-associated nephropathy occur in patients with AIDS, AIDS-related complex and in individuals clinically asymptomatic for H IV infection. We report on a 35-year-old black South Africa woman who presented with nephrotic syndrome and renal failure. The renal biopsy appearance suggested HIV infection and this was subsequently verified. This finding emphasises the possibility that otherwise asymptomatic p atients presenting with renal disease may be HIV-positive.