'A disease of disparity': chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in endemic immigrant communities. Issue 8 (26th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Swaminathan, Shriram; Chacko, Bobby
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 52:Issue 8(2022)
• Page Start: 1437
• Page End: 1440
• Publication Date: 2022-07-26
• Subjects: chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology -- Australian immigrant -- environmental contamination -- tubulointerstitial nephritis -- chronic kidney disease; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.15869
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown aetiology is a form of tubulointerstitial CKD in the absence of traditional and known predisposing risk factors. Since the early 2000s, there is an emerging trend in marginalised agricultural communities among workers exposed to occupational and environmental hazards. CKD of unknown aetiology has received significant attention in recent years and is becoming increasingly relevant to the Australian medical community with the growing migrant population, which this case‐based communication illustrates.