The wrong Spirochaete? Acute kidney injury in a returning traveller with syphilis – a case report

Background Syphilis has seen an increased incidence in recent years and can have serious and irreversible consequences if left un-diagnosed and untreated. This case report describes a presentation of syphilis and acute kidney injury – a scenario sparsely described in existing literature. Case presen...

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Published in:	BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors:	Cook, Hannah, Gompels, Mark
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 21.09.2020 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Acute kidney injury Acute tubular necrosis Antibiotics At risk populations Benzylpenicillin Case Report Case reports Cefuroxime Cytomegalovirus Disease Doravirine Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Fever Headache Headaches Health aspects Hepatitis HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Infections Infectious Diseases Injuries Internal Medicine Intravenous administration Investigations Kidney diseases Kidneys Knowledge bases (artificial intelligence) Leptospirosis Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Parasitology Penicillin G Physicians Renal function Risk groups Sexually transmitted diseases Spirochetes STD Syphilis Travelers Tropical diseases Tropical Medicine Viruses Vomiting United Kingdom > UK Central America Acute tubular necrosis Case report HIV Acute kidney injury Syphilis
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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