Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection

Renal involvement in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) varies from the most common acute tubular injury to the rare immune-mediated glomerular lesions. We present a 44-year-old female who presented with acute nephritic syndrome along with endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis; co-dominant C...

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Main Authors: T. Sugan Gandhi, Shanmugasundaram Angusamy, Dhanapriya Jeyachandran, Venkatraman Ramudu, Balasubramanian Thoppalan
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijkd.ijkd_3_22
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Shanmugasundaram Angusamy
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Venkatraman Ramudu
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description Renal involvement in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) varies from the most common acute tubular injury to the rare immune-mediated glomerular lesions. We present a 44-year-old female who presented with acute nephritic syndrome along with endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis; co-dominant C3 deposits in renal histology and hypocomplementemia. She tested positive for COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction assay in the throat swab and had mild lung involvement. Three weeks later, she developed reactive arthritis. Her symptoms resolved with analgesics and physiotherapy. On follow-up, her renal parameters and complements got normalized. She tested positive for anti-COVID-19 spike protein antibodies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of infection-related glomerulonephritis in a COVID-19-infected patient from India, along with reactive arthritis. It is likely that severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 causes heightened systemic immune activation, thereby mediating the pathogenesis of infection-related glomerulonephritis
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spelling doaj-art-522bfa9696ab49b4849ecec90a1d29e72025-08-20T02:30:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Kidney Diseases2950-07612022-07-0113222510.4103/ijkd.ijkd_3_22Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 InfectionT. Sugan GandhiShanmugasundaram AngusamyDhanapriya JeyachandranVenkatraman RamuduBalasubramanian ThoppalanRenal involvement in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) varies from the most common acute tubular injury to the rare immune-mediated glomerular lesions. We present a 44-year-old female who presented with acute nephritic syndrome along with endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis; co-dominant C3 deposits in renal histology and hypocomplementemia. She tested positive for COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction assay in the throat swab and had mild lung involvement. Three weeks later, she developed reactive arthritis. Her symptoms resolved with analgesics and physiotherapy. On follow-up, her renal parameters and complements got normalized. She tested positive for anti-COVID-19 spike protein antibodies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of infection-related glomerulonephritis in a COVID-19-infected patient from India, along with reactive arthritis. It is likely that severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 causes heightened systemic immune activation, thereby mediating the pathogenesis of infection-related glomerulonephritishttps://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijkd.ijkd_3_22covid-19infection-related glomerulonephritisreactive arthritis
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Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases
covid-19
infection-related glomerulonephritis
reactive arthritis
title Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
title_full Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
title_fullStr Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
title_full_unstemmed Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
title_short Infection-related Glomerulonephritis with Reactive Arthritis in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection
title_sort infection related glomerulonephritis with reactive arthritis in a patient with covid 19 infection
topic covid-19
infection-related glomerulonephritis
reactive arthritis
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