Immune complex disease associated with Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis

Marc B. Lande, Jeanne A. Mowry, Donald C. Houghton, Clifton R. White, Michael S. Borzy

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Abstract

We describe a patient with immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis and leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infectious mononucleosis. The patient required hemodialysis and has residual hypertension. This case implicates acute EBV infection as a cause of immune complex-mediated glomerulonephitis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)651-653
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric Nephrology
Volume12
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1998

Keywords

  • Acute glomerulonephritis
  • Acute renal failure
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • Immune complex
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Leukocytoclastic vasculitis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Nephrology

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