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NEPHRITIS
MOHAMED UMAR
AMOUD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
JULY 8, 2019
• Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is a renal
lesion that typically causes a decline in renal
function and is characterized by an
inflammatory infiltrate in the kidney
interstitium.
INTRODUCTION • It is most often induced by drug therapy.
• AIN is also caused by autoimmune disorders
or other systemic disease, a variety of
infections remote to the kidney and
tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis
(TINU) syndrome.
ETIOLOGY