Acute renal failure in legionnaires' disease: report of a case.
The renal insufficiency which has been described in some of Legionnaires' Disease, has not been characterized. We describe a patient who developed severe oligoanuric renal failure associated with Legionnaires' Disease. Renal biopsy revealed acute tubular necrosis.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male