title: AKI in a hospitalized patient with cellulitis.
abstract: AKI occurs commonly in hospitalized patients with multiple comorbidities. In this Attending Rounds, a woman with AKI in the setting of an infection, use of antibiotics and other medications, bacteremia, and hypotension is considered. Such patients lead to a broad differential diagnosis for AKI including prerenal AKI, acute tubular injury/acute tubular necrosis, infection-related GN, and drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis. The roles of an accurate history, physical examination, laboratory data, and kidney biopsy are highlighted in establishing the correct diagnosis in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. mark.perazella@yale.edu
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perazella
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents