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Case Report: Severe, Symptomatic Hypomagnesemia in Acute Leptospirosis
Fecha
2008Registro en:
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, v.79, n.6, p.915-917, 2008
0002-9637
Autor
SPIEHLER, Anne
ATHANAZIO, Daniel A.
FURTADO, Juvencio
SEGURO, Antonio
VINCTZ, Joseph M.
Institución
Resumen
We report a case severe hypomagnesemia in non-oliguric acute renal failure caused by leptospirosis that required large doses of magnesium replacement during the acute phase of disease. Biochemical studies confirmed kidney-related magnesium wasting and the mechanisms of this defect are discussed. Magnesium imbalance with its attendant clinical complications occurs in leptospirosis and should be monitored and treated aggressively in cases of leptospirosis-induced non-oliguric acute kidney injury.