Acute Kidney Injury in a Young Patient with Severe Malaria: A Case Report

Abstract

Acute kidney injury is a complication of severe malaria that is relatively uncommon. It has clinical importance associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in malaria-endemic regions. We report a young patient who developed acute renal injury as a result of severe malaria. In this case, malaria diagnosis was confirmed using the malaria rapid screening test and microscopic inspection of blood smears. Fever, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and jaundice were the clinical presentations. Treatment with artemether injection, volume expansion and antipyretics was given. He recovered well without needing hemodialysis. This is not always the case, and the prognosis is dependent on the time of presentation, the diagnosis, and the treatment received.