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JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 463-468Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s40620-016-0265-x
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Infections; IgA nephropathy; Infection-related glomerulonephritis; Pathogenesis
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In this paper we concentrate on the role of infections in IgA nephropathy both from a pathogenetic and clinic point of view. The current hypotheses as regards the role of infections in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy are: (a) role of particular pathogens, (b) chronic exposure to mucosal infections, (c) abnormal handling of commensal microbes (gut microbiota). We also focus on particular infections reported in association with classic IgA nephropathy (HIV, malaria, Chlamydia, Lyme disease), as well as on IgA dominant-infection-associated glomerulonephritis. This is a unique form of glomerulonephritis, where IgA deposition is dominant. It is mostly recognized in old, diabetic patients and in association with staphylococcal infection.
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