title: An infectious cause of acute kidney injury with low serum potassium.
abstract: A 67-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of acute kidney injury, thrombocytopenia and hyperbilirubinemia. Despite severe kidney failure, hypokalemia was present. One infectious cause explained the whole clinical picture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Pietro E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Cippà
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Auinger
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rudolf P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Wüthrich
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Segerer
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000382:microbiology*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000382:microbiology; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D011191:Potassium Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000382:microbiology