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      Infectious Diseases and the Kidney

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          The kidney is involved in a wide range of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases. In most systemic infections, renal involvement is a minor component of the illness, but in some, renal failure may be the presenting feature and the major problem in management. Although individual infectious processes may have a predilection to involve the renal vasculature, glomeruli, interstitium, or collecting systems, a purely anatomic approach to the classification of infectious diseases affecting the kidney is rarely helpful because most infections may involve several different aspects of renal function.

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                Contributors
                Ellis Avner: eavner@mcw.edu
                William Harmon: william.harmon@childrens.harvard.edu
                Patrick Niaudet: patrick.niaudet@nck.aphp.fr
                Norishige Yoshikawa: nori@wakayama-med.ac.jp
                Journal
                Journal ID (publisher-id): 978-3-540-76341-3
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1007/978-3-540-76341-3
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Pediatric Nephrology
                Title: Pediatric Nephrology
                Subtitle: Sixth Completely Revised, Updated and Enlarged Edition
                ISBN (Print): 978-3-540-76327-7
                ISBN (Electronic): 978-3-540-76341-3
                Publication date (Print): 2009
                Pages: 1235-1273
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.30760.32, ISNI 0000000121118460, Medical College of Wisconsin, ; Wisconsin, USA
                [2 ]GRID grid.2515.3, ISNI 0000000403788438, Harvard Medical School, , Children's Hospital Boston, ; 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
                [3 ]GRID grid.412134.1, ISNI 0000000405939113, Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), , Hôpital Necker‐Enfants Malades, ; 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
                [4 ]GRID grid.412857.d, ISNI 0000000417631087, Department of Pediatrics Wakayama Medical University, , Wakayama Medical University Hospital, ; 641–8510811–1 Kimiidera Wakayama City, Japan
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                Publisher ID: 52
                DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-76341-3_52
                PMC ID: 7121468
                SO-VID: 0edcec31-9858-4b6d-bf69-f5afac7151d2
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                Keywords: nephrotic syndrome,severe acute respiratory syndrome,disseminate intravascular coagulation,hemolytic uremic syndrome,hemorrhagic fever
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                Keywords: nephrotic syndrome, severe acute respiratory syndrome, disseminate intravascular coagulation, hemolytic uremic syndrome, hemorrhagic fever

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