Abstract | HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: INVESTIGATIONS: DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND COURSE: The chronic renal failure caused by an interstitial nephritis was treated with corticosteroids and hemodialysis treatment was started. The trigger for AIN could not be found, there was no infectious or systemically disease nor a nephrotoxic medication identified. For nearly six months the patient had taken a homeopathic agent which is a dilution of penicillium chrysogenum. In case of a determined allergy to penicillin, an extract of the fungus producing penicillin could possibly cause an interstitial nephritis. The patient was dialysis-independent with a GFR about 8 - 10 ml/min at the time of discharge. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | G Türkoglu-Raach, H-J Gröne, T Sitter, M Fischereder |
Journal | Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
(Dtsch Med Wochenschr)
Vol. 135
Issue 24
Pg. 1224-7
(Jun 2010)
ISSN: 1439-4413 [Electronic] Germany |
Vernacular Title | Ein weiterer "Verdächtiger": Homöopathikum mit akuter interstitieller Nephritis assoziiert. |
PMID | 20533155
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart New York. |
Chemical References |
- Penicillins
- Plant Extracts
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Topics |
- Aged
- Drug Hypersensitivity
(complications, diagnosis)
- Female
- Glomerular Filtration Rate
(drug effects)
- Homeopathy
- Humans
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
(chemically induced, diagnosis)
- Nephritis, Interstitial
(chemically induced, diagnosis)
- Penicillins
- Penicillium chrysogenum
- Phytotherapy
(adverse effects)
- Plant Extracts
(toxicity)
- Risk Factors
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