Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease

Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease

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 Leptos...

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Main Authors: Tanja Schmidhauser, Simona Curioni, Enos Bernasconi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/659718
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spelling doaj-e88c400a809541ac8c68134eab0eb4bb2021-07-02T02:20:51ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322013-01-01241e26e2810.1155/2013/659718Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s DiseaseTanja Schmidhauser0Simona Curioni1Enos Bernasconi2Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Sede Civico, Lugano, SwitzerlandDepartment of Nephrology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Sede Civico, Lugano, SwitzerlandDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Sede Civico, Lugano, SwitzerlandAnicteric 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/659718
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Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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title Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
title_short Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
title_full Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
title_fullStr Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
title_full_unstemmed Acute Interstitial Nephritis due to Leptospira grippotyphosa in the Absence of Weil’s Disease
title_sort acute interstitial nephritis due to leptospira grippotyphosa in the absence of weil’s disease
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
issn 1712-9532
publishDate 2013-01-01
description 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.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/659718
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