- Kamal V Kanodia: Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Services, Smt G.R. Doshi & Smt K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India. kamalkanodia@yahoo.com
Malaria remains a major health problem in many parts of the world leading to high morbidity and mortality related to renal dysfunction and relapsing nature of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Acute renal failure occurs commonly in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, although its rare occurrences have been reported in P. vivax malaria also. We reported a rare case of P. vivax malaria monoinfection associated with acute post infectious glomerulonephritis.