SECONDARY” NEPHROTIC SYNDROME SYSTEMIC DISEASES Diabetes mellitus Systemic lupus erythematosus and other collagen diseases Amyloidosis (amyloid AL or AA associated) Vasculitic-immunologic disease (mixed cryoglobulinemia, Wegener's granulomatosis, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, polyarteritis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, sarcoidosis, Goodpasture's syndrome) INFECTIONS Bacterial (poststreptococcal, congenital and secondary syphilis, subacute bacterial endocarditis, shunt nephritis) Viral (hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV infection, infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus infection) Parasitic (malaria, toxoplasmosis, schistosomiasis, filariasis) MEDICATION RELATED Gold, mercury, and the heavy metals, Penicillamine, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, Lithium, Paramethadione, trimethadione, Captopril, “Street” heroin Others—probenecid, chlorpropamide, rifampin, tolbutamide, phenindione, pamidronate