[Treatment of renal insufficiency in patients with multiple myeloma].

Multiple myeloma is the most frequent dysproteinaemica causing renal damage. Renal damage can be manifested as acute or chronic renal failure, Tubular disfunction, urinary tract infection, or as proteinuria. The aim of this study is to present our experience in the treatment of renal failure developed during multiple myeloma.

[Chlamydia urethritis in nephrologic practice].

Chlamydia trachomatis is an ubiquitous bacterium, strictly intracellular organism. The D-K serovars urethritis, cervicitis, endometritis, salpingitis, periappendicitis and perihepatitis, in women, urethritis, prostatitis, epididymitis and Reiter's syndrome in 1-2% of cases in men. Sterility is the most serious complication in both sexes.

Malignant tumors in hemodialysis patients.

We reviewed the incidence of malignant tumors among 923 patients with chronic renal failure, treated with hemodialysis (HD) in seven dialysis centers in Serbia between January 1983 and July 1993. Neoplasms were diagnosed in 45 cases (4.9%).

[Renal mycobacteriosis].

There is a number of specific infections due to opportunistic mycobacteria which normally exist as environmental saprophytes. Among them, renal mycobacteriosis is a disease similar to renal tuberculosis. The obvious causative agents are some mycobacteria: Mycobacterium chelonei, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium xenopi, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium avium complex, and Mycobacterium simiae.

[Acute pancreatitis in a patient treated with hemodialysis].

Acute pancreatitis presents about 1% of all acute abdominal diseases. Its mortality is about 20-50%. The main etiological causes are diseases of the biliary tract and alcoholism.