Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in a Patient with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection

Amos Pasternack Departments of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, and Tampere Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Heikki Helin Departments of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, and Tampere Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Tuomo Vånttinen Departments of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, and Tampere Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Greta Jårventie Departments of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, and Tampere Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Timo Vesikari Departments of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, and Tampere Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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 (C 3) 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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