A Devastating Complication of Vivax Malaria: Acute Kidney Injury and Gangrene Feet

المؤلفون

  • Rubina, Naqvi Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi
  • Hania Siddique Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi
  • Syeda Shireen Taqvi Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation, Karachi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd4269

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Vivax, plasmodium, complications, AKI, acute kidney injury, gangrene, microangiopathy, ATN, pigment nephropathy

الملخص

Malarial infestation is common in Pakistan and Plasmodium vivax is a common causative organism. Although it has been managed successfully with usual antimalarials and complications are rare, yet occasionally severe complications are observed including Acute kidney injury. We present her a case of AKI secondary to plasmodium vivax along with gangrene of bilateral feet.

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التنزيلات

منشور

2021-01-31

إصدار

مجلد 4 عدد 2 (2020): Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases

القسم

Case report

الرخصة

الحقوق الفكرية (c) 2021 Rubina, Naqvi, Hania Siddique, Syeda Shireen Taqvi

Creative Commons License

هذا العمل مرخص بموجب Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

كيفية الاقتباس

A Devastating Complication of Vivax Malaria: Acute Kidney Injury and Gangrene Feet. (2021). Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd4269