Acute kidney injury in a Tanzanian boy following multiple bee stings in resource-limited setting: a case report

Citation: 
Amon Ryakitimbo, Misso Kennedy, Elichilia Shao, Maria E Itana, Ronald Mbwasi, Grace Kinabo, Karen Yeates, Kajiru Kilonzo
Publication year: 
2018

Bee sting has been identified as among causative agents of nephrotoxic acute tubular necrosis which may lead to acute kidney injury. Bee envenomation has medicinal properties but when a higher dose is inoculated may cause severe anaphylaxis with very poor prognosis. We report a 12-year-old boy with acute kidney injury following multiple bee stings who recovered well after hemodialysis.