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Acute renal failure following multiple wasp stings

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We report the cases of two patients who developed acute renal failure following multiple wasp stings. Both patients required dialysis and recovered within 4 weeks. The kidney biopsy from one patient showed acute tubular necrosis with interstitial nephritis. One patient had complete recovery of renal function on follow-up, while the other was lost to follow-up.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Science, 7053, Dharan, Nepal

    Nisha Bhatta, Rupa Singh & Shiv Raja

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan, Nepal

    Sanjib Sharma

  3. Department of Pathology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan, Nepal

    Arvind Sinnha

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Bhatta, N., Singh, R., Sharma, S. et al. Acute renal failure following multiple wasp stings. Pediatr Nephrol 20, 1809–1810 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-005-2044-0

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