AKI in a hospitalized patient with cellulitis

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Apr;8(4):658-64. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09370912. Epub 2012 Oct 25.

Abstract

AKI occurs commonly in hospitalized patients with multiple comorbidities. In this Attending Rounds, a woman with AKI in the setting of an infection, use of antibiotics and other medications, bacteremia, and hypotension is considered. Such patients lead to a broad differential diagnosis for AKI including prerenal AKI, acute tubular injury/acute tubular necrosis, infection-related GN, and drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis. The roles of an accurate history, physical examination, laboratory data, and kidney biopsy are highlighted in establishing the correct diagnosis in such patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis
  • Cellulitis / drug therapy*
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / drug therapy*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents