[The significance of a congenital enterovirus infection in the pathogenesis of transient intrainfectious nephropathy and interstitial nephritis detected in children with influenza-like and acute respiratory diseases].

The paper presents the data confirming the hypothesis on the involvement of the congenital enteroviral infection in etiology of chronic nephropathy manifesting in children in the presence of influenza-like and acute respiratory infections diseases. 100 relevant children were examined. Family history indicated a high risk of enteroviruses inheritance from mothers who were chronic carriers in 19 out of 20 children with pyelonephritis or interstitial nephritis (95%), in 17 out of 23 children with transitory nephropathy (73.