Acute kidney injury in a Tanzanian boy following multiple bee stings in resource-limited setting: a case report

Bee sting has been identified as among causative agents of nephrotoxic acute tubular necrosis which may lead to acute kidney injury. Bee envenomation has medicinal properties but when a higher dose is inoculated may cause severe anaphylaxis with very poor prognosis. We report a 12-year-old boy with...

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Autores principales: Ryakitimbo, Amon, Kennedy, Misso, Shao, Elichilia, Itana, Maria E, Mbwasi, Ronald, Kinabo, Grace, Yeates, Karen, Kilonzo, Kajiru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30302262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy070
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Sumario:Bee sting has been identified as among causative agents of nephrotoxic acute tubular necrosis which may lead to acute kidney injury. Bee envenomation has medicinal properties but when a higher dose is inoculated may cause severe anaphylaxis with very poor prognosis. We report a 12-year-old boy with acute kidney injury following multiple bee stings who recovered well after hemodialysis.

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