Glomerulopathy in a patient with sarcocystis infestation

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2013 Jul-Sep;56(3):285-7. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.120400.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / etiology*
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / parasitology
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / pathology*
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcocystis / isolation & purification*
  • Sarcocystosis / complications*
  • Sarcocystosis / diagnosis*
  • Sarcocystosis / parasitology
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / etiology*
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / parasitology
  • Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / pathology*

Supplementary concepts

  • Erythema elevatum diutinum