Acute interstitial nephritis complicating Legionnaires' Disease.
An acute interstitial nephritis was found in a patient with sudden renal failure and lung infection caused by Legionella pneumophilia. Our patient regained and maintained normal renal function after a short period of dialysis support. The diagnosis should be considered in any patient with a chest infection complicated by acute renal failure especially if confusion is disproportionate to the degree of uremia.
D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000209:etiology*