Acute renal failure due to sulphadiazine crystalluria in AIDS patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 851, 1996, Pages 557-558

  De Sequera, P ^a   Albalate, M ^a   Hernandez, J ^a   Vazquez, A ^a   Abad, J ^a   Ramiro, E ^a   Fernandez Guerrero M ^a   Caramelo, C ^a   Casado, S ^a   Ortiz, A ^a   Nefrologia, S ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; Crystalluria; Renal failure; Sulphadiazine

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE; SULFONAMIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYSTALLURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINE PH;

EID: 0029832539     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.851.557     Document Type: Article

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