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SUBMITTER: Yoo DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3314860 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoo Dong Eun DE Kim Jeong Ho JH Kie Jeong Hae JH Park Yoonseon Y Chang Tae Ik TI Oh Hyung Jung HJ Kim Seung Jun SJ Yoo Tae-Hyun TH Choi Kyu Hun KH Kang Shin-Wook SW Han Seung Hyeok SH
Journal of Korean medical science 20120321 4
Glomerulonephritis occurs as a rare form of renal manifestation in Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Herein, we report a case of falciparum malaria-associated IgA nephropathy for the first time. A 49-yr old male who had been to East Africa was diagnosed with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Microhematuria and proteinuria along with acute kidney injury developed during the course of the disease. Kidney biopsy showed mesangial proliferation and IgA deposits with tubulointerstitial inflammation. Laborat ...[more]