About 500 million people suffer from malaria leading to death in 2-3 million cases every year, of which about 1 million are children. Horstman et al., 1985, and Weber et al., 1991, demonstrated an acute renal failure as a well-described complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in nonimmune adults and a major contributor to their mortality. In children, renal failure, though not very common...

typhoid fever is a common infection in children in developing countries. typhoid fever is a systemic illness which affects many organs. isolated hepatitis, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure complicating typhoid fever are well known. the potential of multiorgan involvement in typhoid fever - on rare occasions - may occur simultaneously in the same patient.