Brucella glomerulonephritis: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Ustun
Ihsan
I
Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Turkey.
Ozcakar
Levent
L
Arda
Nilufer
N
Duranay
Murat
M
Bayrak
Emel
E
Duman
Kadir
K
Atabay
Murat
M
Cakal
Basak Engin
BE
Altundag
Kadri
K
Guler
Serdar
S
D000293:Adolescent; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male