Influenza A infection with rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure—a potentially fatal complication
Open Access
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 67 (786) , 389-390
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.67.786.389
Abstract
Summary: This paper describes a case of influenza A infection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. This very rare complication is particularly important as symptoms may be non-specific and therefore ascribed to the underlying influenzal illness.Keywords
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