Glomerular disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection in native kidneys

Abstract

Is there an increased prevalence of glomerulopathies Many glomerular diseases have been described in association with liver diseases, associated or not with viral in general or of particular types of glomerulopathy? In native kidneys, the prevalence of HCV is higher in infection such as hepatitis B virus (HBV ) or hepatitis C virus (HCV ) infections. Among the glomerulopathpatients with glomerulonephritis, especially those with secondary glomerulonephritis (12/72 (16.7%)) than in ies, membranous glomerulopathy (MN) and IgA nephropathy are the most frequently found in HBVpatients with other causes of kidney diseases (6/154 (4%)) [5]. In this study, the prevalence in the general infected patients [1] and MN and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN ), with or population was ~1.03% in blood donors. However, the prevalence of glomerulonephritis in HCV-positive without cryoglobulinaemia, are the most frequently glomerulopathies described in association with HCV patients in the general population is not known. Published data on the prevalence of HCV-seropositive infection [2]. Epidemiological arguments for a simple association or a causal effect between HCV infection and -seronegative patients in each type of glomerulonephritis are reviewed below. and glomerular diseases are discussed below.