Acute Renal Failure Likely due to Acute Nephritic Syndrome Associated with Typhoid Fever

Manabu HAYASHI; Hideshi KOUZU; Masahiro NISHIHARA; Tohru TAKAHASHI; Masato FURUHASHI; Ken-ichi SAKAMOTO; Naotoshi SATOH; Takahiro NISHITANI; Yasukuni SHIKANO

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1074

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Acute Renal Failure Likely due to Acute Nephritic Syndrome Associated with Typhoid Fever

Manabu HAYASHI, Hideshi KOUZU, Masahiro NISHIHARA, Tohru TAKAHASHI, Masato FURUHASHI, Ken-ichi SAKAMOTO, Naotoshi SATOH, Takahiro NISHITANI, Yasukuni SHIKANO

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Manabu HAYASHI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Hideshi KOUZU
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Masahiro NISHIHARA
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Tohru TAKAHASHI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Masato FURUHASHI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Ken-ichi SAKAMOTO
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Naotoshi SATOH
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Takahiro NISHITANI
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Yasukuni SHIKANO
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido

Keywords: typhoid fever, acute nephritic syndrome, complications

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2005 Volume 44 Issue 10 Pages 1074-1077

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1074

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Abstract

A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of high fever and malaise. She also presented abnormal urine findings including macrohematuria and proteinuria with transient renal insufficiency. Salmonella Typhi was isolated from her blood and stool culture, and then she was diagnosed as having typhoid fever. Salmonella enterica serotype typhi infection can be complicated by renal involvement, although rare. In Japan, few cases have been reported about acute nephritic syndrome in typhoid fever. Here, we report a case of endemic acquired typhoid fever associated with acute renal failure probably due to acute nephritic syndrome successfully treated with levofloxacin.

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