Pediatric Infection & Vaccine  2015;22(1):36-39

doi:10.14776/piv.2015.22.1.36

A Case of Childhood Typhoid Fever Complicated with Acute Nephritis.

Eun Min OH 1 ; Ji Hyun SIM ; Ji Hyen HWANG ; Hyung Eun YIM ; Yun Kyung KIM

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Keywords

Typhoid fever; Nephritis; Renal failure

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Typhoid fever can cause serious complications, such as enterobrosia, meningitis, pneumonia, myocarditis, hepatitis, osteomyelitis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation in 10-15% of the patients. Kidney complications are very rare, and a few cases have been reported in children. We are reporting a case of childhood typhoid fever complicated with acute nephritis present with albuminuria, hypertension, and renal failure.