A larger fraction of patients who received steroid in this study were off dialysis at end of the study follow-up compared with patients who did not receive steroid, but this did not reach statistical significance, and conclusions on the utility of prednisone for COVAN is further limited due to the retrospective observational nature of the study. 10 Our patient was able to come off dialysis with recovery of kidney function back to his previous baseline, and while he did not yet attain a proteinuric remission, his proteinuria markedly improved as well and his serum albumin normalized.
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A Rare Case of Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis in a Patient With COVID-19.
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