Kidney injury associated with fosravuconazole L-lysine ethanolate.

Background: Fosravuconazole L-lysine ethanolate (F-RVCZ) is a prodrug of ravuconazole and a triazole antifungal drug used for the treatment of onychomycosis. It has been reported in previous studies that the kidney injury caused by F-RVCZ is 1% or less.

Methods: Serum creatinine levels were compared, and glomerular filtration rate and urine protein were estimated before and after starting the administration of F-RVCZ, as well as after the end of the administration period.

Comparison of peripheral cutting balloon angioplasty with conventional balloon angioplasty for recurrent hemodialysis vascular access stenosis: A prospective randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of cutting balloon angioplasty (CBA) and conventional balloon angioplasty (control group) for recurrent vascular access stenosis in arteriovenous fistulas.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, randomized single-center clinical trial included patients with hemodynamically significant recurrent vascular access stenosis of an arteriovenous fistula. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to assess primary patency, whereas the log-rank test was used to evaluate differences in patency between groups.

Renal-limited thrombotic microangiopathy after switching from bevacizumab to ramucirumab: a case report.

Background: It is well known that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors can cause proteinuria. The incidence of proteinuria is high for bevacizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against VEGF, but the range of proteinuria rarely becomes nephrotic (2.2% occurrence according to a meta-analysis).

One-stage operation for superficialization of native radio-cephalic fistula in obese patients.

Purpose: The population of obese patients is increasing in general and also at hemodialysis initiation. For successful cannulation of arteriovenous fistula, the National Kidney Foundation-Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiative guidelines suggest that the required maturation parameters are at a depth of <6 mm. There are several reports describing two-stage superficialization of arteriovenous fistulas in obese cases.

Kidney allograft pyelonephritis caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Schwarzengrund.

Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) taking immunosuppressive drugs have a 20-fold greater risk of nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) infection than the healthy adult population. Among KTRs, the urinary tract is the most common site of infection. However, few cases of urinary tract infection caused by NTS have been documented in KTRs, and only one in Japan.