Acute renal failure likely due to acute nephritic syndrome associated with typhoid fever.
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.
Hayashi
Manabu
M
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Hokkaido.
Kouzu
Hideshi
H
Nishihara
Masahiro
M
Takahashi
Tohru
T
Furuhashi
Masato
M
Sakamoto
Ken-ichi
K
Satoh
Naotoshi
N
Nishitani
Takahiro
T
Shikano
Yasukuni
Y
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*