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    Use of proton pump inhibitors and macrolide antibiotics and risk of acute kidney injury: a self-controlled case series study

    Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely used for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders such as peptic ulcer disease and dyspepsia. However, several studies have suggested that PPI use increases the risk...

    Keiko Ikuta, Shunsaku Nakagawa, Chinami Yamawaki, Kotaro Itohara in BMC Nephrology (2022)

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    Peritonitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus in peritoneal dialysis patients: case presentation and mini-review

    Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), including Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus), is a rare but serious complication that forces PD to be withdrawn. Se...

    Erina Ono, Eiichiro Uchino, Keita P. Mori, Hideki Yokoi in Renal Replacement Therapy (2018)

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    Membranous nephropathy associated with pregnancy: an anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibody-positive case report

    Pregnancy and membranous nephropathy (MN) can occur concurrently with nephrotic syndrome. However, the pathophysiology of MN associated with pregnancy remains unclear, including the involvement of anti-M-type ...

    Eiichiro Uchino, Daisuke Takada, Haruta Mogami, Takeshi Matsubara in CEN Case Reports (2018)

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    Renal-limited vasculitis with elevated levels of multiple antibodies

    Renal-limited vasculitis (RLV) is a type of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis that presents with crescentic glomerulonephritis with no other organ involvement. Although several ...

    Noriaki Sato, Hideki Yokoi, Hirotaka Imamaki, Eiichiro Uchino in CEN Case Reports (2017)