Snake bite complicated by acute kidney injury secondary to necrotizing glomerulonephritis

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2014 Nov;25(6):1259-62. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.144263.

Abstract

We present a 38-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with complaints of a snake bite. He developed acute kidney injury (AKI) and the kidney biopsy showed necrotizing glomerulonephritis, which is rarely reported in AKI after snake bite.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
  • Adult
  • Antivenins / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Fluid Therapy
  • Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis
  • Glomerulonephritis / etiology*
  • Glomerulonephritis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Kidney / pathology*
  • Male
  • Necrosis
  • Plasma
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Snake Bites / complications*
  • Snake Bites / diagnosis
  • Snake Bites / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antivenins