[Difficulties in treatment of kidney diseases related to HCV infection]. / Trudnosci w leczeniu chorób nerek zwiazanych z zakazeniem HCV.

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis is a typical manifestation of HCV infection, in most cases connected with cryoglobulinemia. Efficiacy of antiviral treatment with interferon and ribavirine in this group of patients is lower compared to the population without kidney disease. Another options of treatment are: use of rituximab (monoclonal antibody destroying lymphocytes B), low-antigen containing diet, plasmapheresis and immunosupressive treatment. Recommendations of antiviral treatment in HCV-infected patients with concomitant renal failure were presented.

[Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in 2 children with milk protein intolerance]. / Sterydoodporny zespól nerczycowy u 2 dzieci z nietolerancja bialek mleka krowiego.

Two cases of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome with mesangial proliferation were observed in which prednisone treatment resulted in remission only after milk-free diet. In both children intolerance to cow milk protein was demonstrated, and in one of them a family history of this intolerance was elicited.