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Glomerulopathy in a patient with sarcocystis infestation

Author(s) -

Geeta Chacko,

MarieTherese Manipadam,

RamyaI,

JayalakshmiP Balakrishna

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

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.

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