title: Acute renal failure likely due to acute nephritic syndrome associated with typhoid fever.
abstract: A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of high fever and malaise. She also presented abnormal urine findings including macrohematuria and proteinuria with transient renal insufficiency. Salmonella Typhi was isolated from her blood and stool culture, and then she was diagnosed as having typhoid fever. Salmonella enterica serotype typhi infection can be complicated by renal involvement, although rare. In Japan, few cases have been reported about acute nephritic syndrome in typhoid fever. Here, we report a case of endemic acquired typhoid fever associated with acute renal failure probably due to acute nephritic syndrome successfully treated with levofloxacin.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Hokkaido.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hideshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kouzu
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuhashi
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Naotoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishitani
authors.forename: Yasukuni
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shikano
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*