Case Report

Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome in a Twelve-Year-Old Girl

Table 1

Causes of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis.

Drugs (>75%)
(i) Antibiotics: ampicillin, cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin, cloxacillin, methicillin, penicillin, rifampicin, sulfonamides, vancomycin.
(ii) NSAIDs.
(iii) Other: allopurinol, acyclovir, famotidine, furosemide, omeprazole, phenytoin.
Infections (5%–10%)
(i) Bacteria: Brucella, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli, Legionella, Salmonella, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Yersinia.
(ii) Viruses: cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, hantavirus, human immunodeficiency virus, polyomavirus, herpes simplex virus, hepatitis C virus.
(iii) Other: Leptospira, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycoplasma, Rickettsia, Schistosoma, Toxoplasma.
Idiopathic (5%–10%)
(i) Antitubular basement membrane antibodies.
(ii) TINU.
Associated with systemic diseases (10%–15%)
(i) Sarcoidosis, Sjögren, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener’s granulomatosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hypoparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, lymphoproliferative disorders.