Nephritic syndrome classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Classification
Acute nephritic syndrome may be differentiated according to the etiology of renal disease. Primary glomerulonephritis is defined as glomerulonephritis due to primary renal disease. Secondary glomerulonephritis is defined as glomerulonephritis due to other etiologies, such as infectious agents, vasculitides, and medications.
Primary
Idiopathic (primary) glomerulonephritis is defined as glomerulonephritis due to renal disease.
- Fibrillary glomerulonephritis
- Idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis
- IgA nephropathy
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Secondary
Hereditary=
- Alport's syndrome
- Thin basement membrane disease
Infectious Etiology
Bacterial
- Group A streptococcus
- Mycoplasma
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Salmonella typhi
- Staphylococcus endocarditis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Escherichia coli
- Pseudomonas spp.
- Proteus spp.
- Clostridium spp.
- Rickettsial infections
Parasitic
- Malaria
- Schistosomiasis
- Toxoplasmosis
Viral
- Coxsackievirus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes zoster
- Measles
- Mumps
- Varicella
Fungal
- Candida albicans
- Coccidiodes immitis
Vasculitides
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Goodpasture's syndrome
Common Medications
- Hydralazine
- Procainamide
- Quinine
- Cisplatin
- Gemcitabine
- Mitomycin C
- Quinine