[Kidney disease in HIV-infected patient]

Abstract

In the developed countries with an access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the spectrum of renal complications observed in patients infected with HIV has shifted from HIV-associated kidney diseases to medications-related nephrotoxicities. In this article all types of these disorders, ranging from HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN), immune mediated glomerulopathies (HIVICK), and thrombotic microangiopathies to induced by HAART tubulopathies, acute toxic tubular necrosis, acute interstitial nephritis, crystal nephropathy, and chronic kidney disease have are shortly reviewed.

Keywords: HIV-associated nephropathy; acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; immune mediated glomerulopathies; thrombotic microangiopathies; tubulopathies; highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).