Acute interstitial nephritis with podocyte foot-process effacement complicating Plasmodium falciparum infection

Acute interstitial nephritis with podocyte foot-process effacement complicating Plasmodium falciparum infection

Abstract Background Malarial acute renal failure (MARF) is a component of the severe malaria syndrome, and complicates 1–5% of malaria infections. This form of renal failure has not been well characterized by histopathology. Case presentation A 44 year-old male presented to the emergency department...

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Main Authors: Patrick J. Gleeson, John A. O’Regan, Teresa McHale, Helen Tuite, Louise Giblin, Donal Reddan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malarial acute renal failure (MARF)
Acute interstitial nephritis
Minimal change disease (MCD)
Podocyte
Severe malaria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2674-5

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