Open AccessGlomerulopathy in a patient with sarcocystis infestation
Author(s) -
Jayalakshmi Balakrishna,
Geeta Chacko,
Marie Therese Manipadam,
RamyaI
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.120400
Subject(s) - sarcocystis , glomerulopathy , sarcocystosis , glomerulonephritis , asymptomatic , leukocytoclastic vasculitis , pathology , infestation , vasculitis , medicine , immunology , biology , kidney , disease , parasite hosting , botany , world wide web , computer science
To date, sarcocystis has been considered an asymptomatic infection in humans. Even though cases with glomerulonephritis have been reported in animals with sarcocystis, there have been no reports of a similar occurrence in humans. We report a case of acute proliferative glomerulonephritis and leukocytoclastic vasculitis in a patient with sarcocystis infestation.