TY - JOUR T1 - Acute renal failure in Weil's disease JO - Diálisis y Trasplante T2 - AU - Li Cavoli,Gioacchino AU - Tortorici,Calogera AU - Bono,Luisa AU - Ferrantelli,Angelo AU - Giammarresi,Carlo AU - Rotolo,Ugo SN - 18862845 M3 - 10.1016/j.dialis.2012.08.003 DO - 10.1016/j.dialis.2012.08.003 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-dialisis-trasplante-275-articulo-acute-renal-failure-in-weil39s-S1886284512001373 AB - Leptospirosis is an emerging worldwide zoonotic disease. Renal involvement is common; it may vary from sub-clinical course with mild proteinuria and urinary sediment changes to severe renal failure. Leptospirosis-induced acute kidney injury is usually non oliguric and hypokalaemic. Renal impairment is mainly characterized by an association of interstitial and tubular damages. The most severe form of Leptospirosis, characterized by jaundice, acute kidney injury and haemorrhagic diathesis, is referred as Weil's disease. We describe a Weil's disease case with oliguric and hypokalaemic acute renal failure, hypotension, jaundice and lung haemorrhage. We performed haemodialysis treatment, steroid and antibiotic therapy with complete recovery of renal function. ER -