Post-splenectomy acute glomerulonephritis due to a chronic infection with Plasmodium falciparum and malariae

A 38-year-old Senegalese man with no travel history for the last 2 years presented with fever and acute kidney injury with nephrotic syndrome after an elective splenectomy. Diagnosis of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis due to a chronic mixed Plasmodium infection triggered by splenectomy in a...

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Published in:Journal of travel medicine 2019-06, Vol.26 (4)
Main Authors: Camprubí, Daniel, Balerdi, Leire, Quintana, Luis F, Almuedo-Riera, Alex, Valls, M Eugenia, García-Herrera, Adriana, Rodriguez-Valero, Natalia, Alvarez-Martínez, Miriam J, Muñoz, Jose
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Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic infection
Fever
Glomerulonephritis
Malaria
Malària
Nephrotic syndrome
Plasmodium falciparum
Splenectomy
Splenomegaly
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Summary:A 38-year-old Senegalese man with no travel history for the last 2 years presented with fever and acute kidney injury with nephrotic syndrome after an elective splenectomy. Diagnosis of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis due to a chronic mixed Plasmodium infection triggered by splenectomy in a patient with hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly was confirmed.
ISSN:1708-8305
1195-1982
1708-8305
DOI:10.1093/jtm/taz029