Ten-year prognosis of Puumala hantavirus-induced acute interstitial nephritis

Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is a hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala hantavirus. Its long-term prognosis is considered favorable. There are, however, some reports about subsequent hypertension, glomerular hyperfiltration, and proteinuria after previous hantavirus infection. There...

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Published in:	Kidney international Vol. 69; no. 11; pp. 2043 - 2048
Main Authors:	Miettinen, M.H., Mäkelä, S.M., Ala-Houhala, I.O., Huhtala, H.S.A., Kööbi, T., Vaheri, A.I., Pasternack, A.I., Pörsti, I.H., Mustonen, J.T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-06-2006 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Acute Disease acute interstitial nephritis Adult Aged Blood Pressure Female hemorrhagic fever of renal syndrome Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - physiopathology Humans Kidney - physiopathology Kidney Function Tests Male Middle Aged Nephritis, Interstitial - physiopathology Nephritis, Interstitial - virology nephropathia epidemica Prognosis Puumala hantavirus Puumala virus Time Factors hemorrhagic fever of renal syndrome prognosis Puumala hantavirus nephropathia epidemica acute interstitial nephritis
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Summary:	Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is a hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala hantavirus. Its long-term prognosis is considered favorable. There are, however, some reports about subsequent hypertension, glomerular hyperfiltration, and proteinuria after previous hantavirus infection. Therefore, we studied 36 patients 5 and 10 years after acute NE, with 29 seronegative controls. Office blood pressure, ambulatory 24-h blood pressure (ABP), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and proteinuria were examined. Hypertensive subjects were defined as those patients having increased ambulatory or office blood pressure, or receiving antihypertensive therapy. Office blood pressure was used to define hypertension only if ABP was not determined. At 5 years, the prevalence of hypertension was higher among NE patients than in controls (50 vs 21%, P=0.020). At 10 years, the difference between the groups was no more significant (39 vs 17%, P=0.098). Five years after NE, patients showed higher GFR (121±19 vs 109±16 ml/min/1.73 m2, P=0.012) and urinary protein excretion (0.19 g/day, range 0.12–0.38 vs 0.14 g/day, range 0.09–0.24, P=<0.001) than controls. At 10 years, there were no more differences in GFR or protein excretion between the groups (GFR: 113±20 vs 108±17 ml/min/1.73 m2, P=0.370; proteinuria: 0.14 g/day, range 0.07–0.24 vs 0.13 g/day, range 0.06–0.31, P=0.610). In conclusion, the 10-year prognosis of NE is favorable, as glomerular hyperfiltration and slight proteinuria detected at 5 years disappeared during the longer follow-up. However, the possibility exists that NE may predispose some patients to the development of hypertension.
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ISSN:	0085-2538 1523-1755
DOI:	10.1038/sj.ki.5000334