title: Acute renal failure associated with scrub typhus: report of a case.
abstract: We report on a 25-year-old man who had scrub typhus with the unusual complication of acute renal failure. The clinical features of fever, headache, high Weil-Felix OX-K agglutination and Rickettsia tsutsugamushi immunofluorescence titers confirmed the diagnosis of scrub typhus. Acute renal failure was proven by oliguria, urinary diagnostic indices and renal biopsy. The patient had a complete recovery after adequate medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Sheu
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000150:complications*