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Collapsing glomerulopathy and hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with falciparum malaria: completely reversible acute kidney injury
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Springer India, 2012.
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Abstract
- Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most dreaded complications of severe malaria. Herein, we report a case of spontaneous resolution of AKI due to collapsing glomerulopathy (CG) and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) associated with P. falciparum malaria. Our case report highlights the fact that early intervention on the triggering cause of CG without a long course of steroids may obtain a remission of this severe subset of CG and may obtain a remission of HUS without therapeutic plasmapheresis The etiologic treatment of CG and HUS may avoid progression to end-stage renal disease.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
Short Communication
Collapsing glomerulopathy
Acute kidney injury
Therapeutic plasmapheresis
Plasmodium falciparum
Disease
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
urologic and male genital diseases
Gastroenterology
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Internal medicine
Immunology
medicine
Parasitology
Severe Malaria
business
Malaria
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....66a31bc1750bc752233283d6d4bc67d1