Snake bite complicated by acute kidney injury secondary to necrotizing glomerulonephritis.

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. PMID: 25394446 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25394446?dopt=Abstract

Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - November 1, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Al Qahtani MA, Altheaby A, Al Anazi T, Al Saad K, Binsalih S, Al Helail M Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research