Drug-induced nephrotoxicity accounts for up to 60% of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in both adults and children. Antibiotics are one of the most common causes of drug-induced nephrotoxicity. Mechanisms of antibiotic-induced nephrotoxicity include glomerular injury, tubular injury or dysfunction, distal tubular obstruction from casts, and acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) mediated by a type IV (delayed-type) hypersensitivity response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIdiopathic nephrotic syndrome often responds to immunosuppressive treatment. Nevertheless, this syndrome-and the drugs used to treat it-remain important causes of patient morbidity. Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is usually caused by minimal change disease or FSGS, diseases that primarily affect the podocytes.
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