Utility of Urine Eosinophils in the Diagnosis of Acute Interstitial Nephritis

This article explores the utility of the urine eosinophils as a diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis. The sensitivity and specificity of the test is poor. Without a renal biopsy the diagnosis will always be possible or probable. Clinical judgement should be use together with other markers of tubular dysfunction

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Muriithi, Angela K., Samih H. Nasr and Nelson Leung. “Utility of Urine Eosinophils in the Diagnosis of Acute Interstitial Nephritis." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 8, no. 11 (2013): 1857-1862. doi: https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.01330213