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| Year : 2019 |
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Tuberculosis as a microbiologically proven etiology of membranous nephropathy and interstitial nephritis
Kiran Preet Malhotra1, Abhilash Chandra2, Namrata Rao2, Saumya Shukla1, Arsh Gupta1
1 Department of Pathology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Nephrology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Kiran Preet Malhotra
Department of Pathology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.275491 PMID: 31929294 
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Secondary causes of membranous glomerulonephritis (GN) include systemic lupus erythematosus, other autoimmune diseases, neoplasms, and infections such as hepatitis B and C viruses, syphilis, and parasites. The association of tuberculosis (TB) with membranous GN is rare. We report the first case of microbiologically proven tubercular interstitial nephritis and membranous nephropathy (MN) occurring concurrently in the same patient. The patient improved with the use of antitubercular therapy alone. TB should be recognized as a potentially treatable infectious cause of secondary MN.
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