Journal of pediatric nephrology
Volume:5 Issue: 1, Winter 2017

Fungal infections especially invasive ones (IFI), now are among well known and hard to manage problems in various kidney diseases in children. Various databases including pubmed, scopus, ovid and Web of Science Core Collection were looked for keywords including antifungals, fungal infections, kidney diseases Since 1990 to 2017. Renal side effects were looked using the site WWW.DRUG.COM as well. For common cases with Identified Pathogens Infectious diseases society of America (IDSA) recommendations for antifungal therapy as the most acceptable plan has been summarized at the end of article; specific therapeutic issues have been also discussed in their sections.

This study was conducted to determine the etiology and outcomes of AKI in 4 tertiary centers of Dhaka, Bangladesh irrespective of RRT requirement and the hospital setting in which they were treated.
This retrospective study was carried out in 4 tertiary care centers (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, National Institute of Kidney Disease and Urology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, and Dhaka Medical College Hospital) and 3 NICUs (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Dhaka Medical College Hospital of Dhaka) from January 2013 to December 2014. For the purpose of this study, AKI was defined according to the pediatric RIFLE (risk, injury, failure, loss, and end stage) criteria. All children admitted to the Pediatric Nephrology Inpatient Department and NICU of these hospitals were enrolled in the study. Data were collected from the registry of the hospitals. Ethics approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board.
A total of 2285 patients in the Nephrology Ward and 3764 patients in the NICU were included in the study. About 8.1% (185) of the patients had AKI, and the death rate was 18.5%. Out of 3764 children in the NICU, 530 had AKI and 17.2% of the patients died.
The renal cause of AKI was the most predominant causes in our setting in hospitalized patients and perinatal asphyxia was a predominant cause of AKI in neonates. The overall mortality rate was 13-26%, which is comparable to other South Asian countries.

Nephrotic syndrome(NS) is one of the most common cause of chronic morbidity in developing countries. This study is aimed to assess the effect of zinc supplementation in patients with NS and to evaluate its association with serum albumin level, relapse rate and infection frequency.
In this randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial study, 60 patients with NS, both with the first episode and first relapse, age between 2-10 years were included. Among the 60 patients, 30 patients of NS getting zinc were in zinc group and 30 patients of nephrotic syndrome getting placebo were in placebo group. Zinc status was assessed before and after giving zinc or placebo.
Results; Serum zinc level has been found significantly lower during relapse (0.54±0.18 and 0.56±0.22), it has increased during remission, which is (0.85±0.42) normal in zinc group and remained low (0.69±0.14) in placebo group. The mean serum albumin level during relapse were low in both groups,14 days later it was increased but still low. The difference of mean percentage of increase of height after 6 months was not statistically significant (3.3±1.2 % vs. 3.3±1.9 %) in two groups.19 patients (63.3%) in zinc group developed relapse compared to 15 patients (50%) in placebo group, the difference was not statistically significant. Infection had occurred 73.3% after zinc supplementation as compared with 63.3% in placebo group.
When zinc was given in RDA for short duration doesn’t reduce relapse in NS and doesn’t significant increase zinc level compared to placebo.

Renal transplantation offers the best chance of survival to children with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Patient survival and growth are superior in children with a renal allograft compared to dialysis. The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcomes of pediatric transplants done at a tertiary care hospital in Kochi, India over the study period.
In this retrospective study, the data of children who underwent renal transplantation at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences from 2002 to 2016 Kochi were analyzed.
Thirty-four children underwent renal transplantation over a 14-year period. Thirty-three underwent live related transplant whereas one underwent deceased donor transplantation. The mean age and weight of the recipients at transplantation was 14.3 years and 35.7 kg, respectively. Fourteen children were boys and twenty were girls. Thirty-one patients underwent hemodialysis prior to transplant, 2 were taken up preemptively, and 1 patient was on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. There were 5 documented urinary tract infections. No surgical complications were noted in the immediate post-transplant period. There were 5 episodes of acute rejection (14.7%). Two cases experienced Delayed Graft Function and the patient survival rate was 100%.
Renal transplantation is a viable option to manage children with ESRD with satisfactory long term results and can be done in a developing nation’s set-up.

A wide range of chronic and acute diseases begin with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria. Simultaneous presence of microalbuminuria and microscopic hematuria is suggestive of an important kidney disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of microalbuminuria in children with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria.
This cross-sectional study was done on 150 children aged 2-14 years with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria at Nephrology Clinic of Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2013-2015. All patients had clinical and laboratory tests such as BUN, creatinine, electrolytes, urine albumin/ creatinine ratio, blood pressure, etc. The obtained data were recorded and analyzed with SPSS (ver. 18). All children with anatomical anomalies, hypertension, previous urinary tract surgery, or nephrolithiasis were excluded from the study.
The overall prevalence of microalbuminuria was 14.5 % and there was a significant relationship between microalbuminuria and the presence of dysmorphic red blood cells on urine analysis (p-value Isolated asymptomatic microscopic hematuria is a benign disease but its association with proteinuria may indicate a serious problem with the risk of progressive renal disease. It is recommended to determine the microalbumin/creatinine ratio in cases with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria.

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a potentially fatal complication of several chronic rheumatic diseases. Although it occurs most commonly with systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA), it may also occur in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Kawasaki disease, and adult onset Still’s disease. It is usually triggered by infections or due to medication modification. Here we report a 7-year-old girl who presented simultaneously with features of MAS and SLE and responded with pulse methylprednisolone followed by oral prednisolone and pulse cyclophosphamide.