[Rubella virus infection as a cause of nephrosis in infancy]

There is obtained the rare disease of the nephrotic syndrome in an infant during the first year of life. The diagnosis of symptomatic nephrosis in the course of an infection with Rubellavirus was postulated on the basis of clinical and serological results. The heterogenous signs of the nephrosis in the first year of life, the possible causes, the treatment and the prognosis are discussed.