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Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia and myoglobinuric renal failure
The American Journal of Medicine
|March 1, 1986
Summary
This case report details a patient with pneumococcal pneumonia who developed rhabdomyolysis and kidney failure. This association may guide antibiotic choices in similar cases.
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
Background:
- Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia is a common serious infection.
- Rhabdomyolysis is a condition involving severe muscle damage.
- Myoglobinuric renal failure can result from rhabdomyolysis.