Acute kidney injury by cantharidin poisoning following a silly bet on an ugly beetle

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-203

  Cotovio, Patrícia ^a   Silva, Cristina ^a   Guedes Marques, Maria ^a   Ferrer, Francisco ^a   Costa, Fátima ^a   Carreira, Armando ^a   Campos, Mário ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; cantharidin poisoning; haematuria

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANTHARIDIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFUSION FLUID; MYOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BERBEROMELOE MAJALIS; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DYSURIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOLDIER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84875732223     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sft001     Document Type: Article

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