Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis following ingestion of Chlorella tablets
- Authors
- Yim, Hyung Eun; Yoo, Kee Hwan; Seo, Won Hee; Won, Nam Hee; Hong, Young Sook; Lee, Joo Won
- Issue Date
- Jun-2007
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Chlorella; tubulointerstitial nephritis
- Citation
- PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, v.22, no.6, pp 887 - 888
- Pages
- 2
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 887
- End Page
- 888
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/17927
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00467-006-0420-z
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
1432-198X
- Abstract
- Here, we report on a boy with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (ATIN), who developed it following ingestion of Chlorella tablets as a food supplement. He was incidentally detected to have glucosuria, proteinuria, and leukocyturia during school mass screening. He had had a history of ingestion of Chlorella tablets for 3 months. Laboratory studies showed anemia, increased levels of creatinine, decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR), hypokalemia, hypo-uricemia, hypophosphatemia, hypergammaglobulinemia, proteinuria, leukocyturia, and glucosuria. ATIN was diagnosed by renal biopsy. The patient's renal function improved after initiation of corticosteroid therapy and discontinuation of Chlorella for 6 months. Chlorella may be a causative allergen inducing tubulointerstitial injury in kidney.
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