Acute Renal Failure Due to Acute Tubular Necrosis Caused by Direct Invasion of Orientia tsutsugamushi

We describe a scrub typhus patient with acute renal failure for whom a diagnosis was made based on serology as well as immunohistochemical (IHC) staining and an electron microscopic examination (EM) of a renal biopsy specimen. For our case, we demonstrated by IHC staining and EM that renal failure w...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2008-04, Vol.46 (4), p.1548-1550
Main Authors: Kim, Dong-Min, Kang, Dae Woong, Kim, Jong O, Chung, Jong Hoon, Kim, Hyun Lee, Park, Chi Young, Lim, Sung-Chul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Kidney Injury - etiology
Acute Kidney Injury - microbiology
Acute Kidney Injury - pathology
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Case Reports
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute - etiology
Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute - microbiology
Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute - pathology
Male
Microbiology
Microscopy, Electron
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Orientia tsutsugamushi - isolation & purification
Orientia tsutsugamushi - pathogenicity
Scrub Typhus - complications
Scrub Typhus - microbiology
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Summary:We describe a scrub typhus patient with acute renal failure for whom a diagnosis was made based on serology as well as immunohistochemical (IHC) staining and an electron microscopic examination (EM) of a renal biopsy specimen. For our case, we demonstrated by IHC staining and EM that renal failure was caused by acute tubular necrosis due to a direct invasion of Orientia tsutsugamushi.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01040-07