Acute renal failure in a Caucasian traveler with severe malaria: a case report

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Acute renal failure (ARF) secondary to severe malaria is uncommon. We report a case of a patient visiting Africa for the first time presenting with malaria and ARF. There was complete recovery after hemodialysis. Early initiation of hemodialysis proves to be useful in restorati...

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Autores principales: Meremo, Alfred J, Kilonzo, Semvua B, Munisi, David, Kapinga, Janet, Juma, Mwinyikondo, Mwanakulya, Simfukwe, Mpondo, Bonaventura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.65
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author Meremo, Alfred J
Kilonzo, Semvua B
Munisi, David
Kapinga, Janet
Juma, Mwinyikondo
Mwanakulya, Simfukwe
Mpondo, Bonaventura
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Kilonzo, Semvua B
Munisi, David
Kapinga, Janet
Juma, Mwinyikondo
Mwanakulya, Simfukwe
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description KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Acute renal failure (ARF) secondary to severe malaria is uncommon. We report a case of a patient visiting Africa for the first time presenting with malaria and ARF. There was complete recovery after hemodialysis. Early initiation of hemodialysis proves to be useful in restoration of renal function.
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spelling pubmed-41845992014-10-29 Acute renal failure in a Caucasian traveler with severe malaria: a case report Meremo, Alfred J Kilonzo, Semvua B Munisi, David Kapinga, Janet Juma, Mwinyikondo Mwanakulya, Simfukwe Mpondo, Bonaventura Clin Case Rep Case Reports KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Acute renal failure (ARF) secondary to severe malaria is uncommon. We report a case of a patient visiting Africa for the first time presenting with malaria and ARF. There was complete recovery after hemodialysis. Early initiation of hemodialysis proves to be useful in restoration of renal function. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014-06 2014-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4184599/ /pubmed/25356255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.65 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Acute renal failure in a Caucasian traveler with severe malaria: a case report
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