title: Brucella glomerulonephritis: review of the literature and report on the first patient with brucellosis and mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Although mild proteinuria is commonly observed during the course of brucellosis, biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis (GN) is quite rare. We present the first case of mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis (MCGN) associated with brucellosis and summarize all cases of Brucella GN published to date. Our patient, who had a congenital bicuspid aortic valve, also had heart failure, fever, urinary abnormalities and proteinuria. Renal biopsy revealed MCGN. Although the clinical features raised the possibility of GN associated with endocarditis, transesophageal echocardiography did not show any vegetations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey. gepamuk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet Riza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Altiparmak
authors.forename: Gülsüm Emel
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pamuk
authors.forename: Omer Nuri
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Pamuk
authors.forename: Fehmi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tabak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents