Patients with proteinuria especially nephrotic syndrome are more prone to infections both due to immunosuppressive drugs used in treatment and low Ig G levels because of loss through urine. In addition, certain infections such as hepa- titis B and C, human immunodefficiency virus (HIV) might be responsible for the glomerulonephritis.* So detailed medi- cal history and certain screening tests are mandatory for discrimination of primary glomerulonephritis from secon- dary post-infectious forms and for protection of the patients from reactivation of silent micro-organisms with induction of immunosuppressive therapy.
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