Etiology

ETIOLOGY
  • Several infectious and inflammatory diseases have been associated with glomerular deposition or in situ formation of immune complexes. .

Dog

  • Infectious (e.g., infectious canine hepatitis, bacterial endocarditis, brucellosis, dirofilariasis, ehrlichiosis, leishmaniasis, pyometra, borelliosis, chronic bacterial infection, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, trypanosomiasis, and septicemia),
  • Neoplastic, inflammatory (e.g., pancreatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarthritis, and prostatitis),
  • Idiopathic,
  • Familial, endocrine (e.g., hyperadrenocorticism and diabetes mellitus and long-term administration of corticosteroids)

Cats

  • Infectious (e.g., FeLV, FIP, and mycoplasma polyarthritis),
  • Neoplastic,
  • Inflammatory (e.g., pancreatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, other immune-mediated diseases, and chronic skin disease),
  • Idiopathic,
  • Familial, 
  • Endocrine (e.g., diabetes mellitus)
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