Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis as a cause of acute kidney injury and rhabdomyolysis.

摘要

Trauma, drugs, alcohol, coma and infection are common causes of rhabdomyolysis. There have been some studies on rhabdomyolysis associated with bacterial infection.1 In previous reports, viral or Gram-positive bacteria have been mainly implicated in rhabdomyolysis caused by infection, and respiratory tract infection was the main cause, followed by urinary tract infection.23 Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of rhabdomyolysis.4 The main mechanism of the development of AKI is renal vasoconstriction, followed by intraluminal cast formation and direct tubular toxicity.5 However, to our knowledge, there is no case report of AKI due to rhabdomyolysis associated with biliary tract infection. Here we report a case of AKI due to rhabdomyolysis associated with acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis.