title: Brucella glomerulonephritis: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The authors present the case of a 17-year-old shepherd who was diagnosed with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis and diffuse tubulointerstitial nephritis during the course of Brucella infection. The pathogenesis and the mechanism of renal involvement in brucellosis is discussed in light of the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ustun
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozcakar
authors.forename: Nilufer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arda
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duranay
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bayrak
authors.forename: Kadir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duman
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atabay
authors.forename: Basak Engin
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Cakal
authors.forename: Kadri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Altundag
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male