Open AccessAcute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
Author(s) -
Tanja Schmidhauser,
Simona Curioni,
Enos Bernasconi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2013/659718
Subject(s) - leptospirosis , leptospira , medicine , interstitial nephritis , disease , gynecology , virology , kidney
Anicteric leptospirosis is a self-limited flu-like disease, whereas the icteric form is a severe illness characterized by multiple organ involvement or even failure. A case involving a patient with rapidly progressing renal insufficiency requiring intermittent renal replacement therapy due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the absence of a Weil's disease is reported.
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