Acute tubular necrosis, acute renal failure and unusual histologic stigmata of acute malaria in HIV/AIDS patients from the democratic Republic of Congo

A screening of 43 pre and post-mortem renal specimens from HIV-1/AIDS infected patients incidentally revealed unusual presence of stig­mata of acute malaria in five male and seven female (28%). The twelve patients were all hy­potensive and had a depressed renal function (mean serum creatinine 10.7 ± 3.1 mg/dL; BUN 198.2 ± 56.4 mg/dL).