[Acute renal failure following bee stings: case reports]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2009 Mar-Apr;42(2):209-12. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822009000200024.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Rhabdomyolysis is a syndrome characterized by muscle injury, most frequently due to muscle crushing and trauma. However, it may also be induced by non-traumatic causes, for example by means of stinging by Africanized bees. We describe two cases of rhabdomyolysis that presented dialytic acute renal failure after several bee stings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
  • Animals
  • Bees*
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rhabdomyolysis / etiology*