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Acute renal failure associated with scrub typhus: report of a case
1Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Abstract:
We report on a 25-year-old man who had scrub typhus with the unusual complication of acute renal failure. The clinical features of fever, headache, high Weil-Felix OX-K agglutination and Rickettsia tsutsugamushi immunofluorescence titers confirmed the diagnosis of scrub typhus. Acute renal failure was proven by oliguria, urinary diagnostic indices and renal biopsy. The patient had a complete recovery after adequate medical treatment.