%0 Journal Article
%T Nephrotic Syndrome Following H1N1 Influenza in a 3-Year-Old Boy
%A Pietro Ferrara
%A Antonio Gatto
%A Ottavio Vitelli
%A Pio Liberatore
%J Iranian Journal of Pediatrics
%D 2012
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X Background: The pandemic influenza A/H1N1, spread through the world in 2009, producing a serious epidemic in Italy. Complications are generally limited to patients at the extremes of age (<6 months or >65years) and those with comorbid medical illness. The most frequent complications of influenza involve the respiratory system.Case Presentation: A 3-year-old boy with a recent history of upper respiratory tract infection developed a nephrotic syndrome. Together with prednisone, furosemide and albumin bolus, a therapy with oseltamivir was started since the nasopharyngeal swab resulted positive for influenza A/H1N1. Clinical conditions andlaboratory findings progressively improved during hospitalization, becoming normal during a 2 month follow up.Conclusion: The possibility of a renal involvement after influenza A/H1N1 infection should be considered.
%K Influenza A
%K H1N1
%K Nephrotic Syndrome
%K Oseltamivir
%K Prednisone
%U http://ijp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijp/article/view/1456/pdf