title: Yellow jacket envenomation-related acute renal failure.
abstract: We report a 58-year-old man with multiple yellow jacket stings who developed urticaria, renal failure, quadriparesis, rhabdomyolysis in succession. Investigations revealed renal and hepatic dysfunction, proteinuria, demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, acute tubular necrosis and glomerulonephritis. He improved with methylprednisolone, antihypertensives and two sessions of haemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry, South India.
authors.forename: Stalin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry, South India.
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry.
authors.forename: Jayanthi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arulneyam
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry, South India.
authors.forename: Bhavith
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Remalayam
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Pondicherry, South India.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adil
keywords: hymenoptera venom; quadriparesis; renal failure; yellow jacket envenomation