Abstract
To the Editor: Today in developed countries, infection-related glomerulonephritides are incommon and often associated with debilitating diseases. Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is one of the most common causes of severe community-acquired acute pneumonia in Europe and in up to 40% of cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia. The acute kidney injury (AKI) in LD is a well described complication but the renal morphology has only been reported in a few cases. The Tubulointerstitial Nephritis (TIN) is the most diagnosed histological change; instead, there [...]
Highlights
we stress the importance of the renal biopsy in the differential diagnosis
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