Fried T
Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio 78284.
Postgrad Med. 1993 Apr;93(5):105-6, 111-2, 117-20. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1993.11701663.
Acute interstitial nephritis is a clinical and pathologic entity with diverse causes. The most common cause at present is reaction to drug use, but infection, a concomitant uveitis syndrome, and other rare causes have been reported. Acute interstitial nephritis should always be considered in a patient with acute renal failure, because it is a treatable cause that may result in interstitial fibrosis and irreversible disease if not arrested.
