Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with an infection


Acute kidney injury

Sudden loss of renal function, as manifested by decreased urine production, and a rise in serum creatinine or blood urea nitrogen concentration (azotemia).


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PMID (PMCID)
20890439
(2946668)
MALE Middle Aged
Hemophagocytic syndrome in a patient with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis secondary to hepatitis A virus infection.
Cho E, Cha I, Yoon K, Yang HN, Kim HW, Kim MG, Jo SK, Cho WY, Kim HK.
J Korean Med Sci. 2010;25(10):1529-31.
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is generally a self-limited disease, but the infection in adults can be serious, to be often complicated by acute kidney injury (AKI) and rarely by virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS).