Kidney involvement in Plasmodium falciparum infection in a pregnant patient.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The course of kidney function and outcomes of severe malaria infection in pregnant women is poorly understood. The indications for renal replacement therapy in pregnant patients with AKI are similar to the general population. This is the case of a pregnant patient with severe Plasmodium falciparum infection that caused cerebral malaria, acute kidney injury (AKI) who required renal replacement therapy and kidney biopsy during her hospitalization.

Case presentation

A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Equatorial Guinea was admitted to the hospital with haemolytic anaemia, hyperbilirubinaemia and thrombocytopenia. During hospitalization, a thick blood smear was performed where parasitaemia by P. falciparum were observed and confirmed by real-time PCR assay. The patient

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Flores OR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572360 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature