title: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type III in a simultaneous infection of Leishmania infantum and Dirofilaria immitis in a dog.
abstract: In this report a 9-year-old female German Shepherd dog with a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) type III associated with concomitant infection of Dirofilaria immitis and Leishmania infantum is presented. Light microscopic evaluation of kidney revealed a diffuse hypercellularity and thickening of glomerular basement membrane. Heavy and coarse granular complement C(3) deposition and a weaker positive reaction to immunoglobulin G were present along peripheral glomerular basement membrane and in the mesangium in the immunofluorescent study. Transmission electron microscopy revealed deposits in the mesangium, subendothelium, and subepithelium. These lesions are compatible with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type III in humans.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Università degli Studi di Torino, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy. luca.aresu@unito.it
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aresu
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valenza
authors.forename: Ezio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferroglio
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pregel
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uslenghi
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarducci
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zanatta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000473:pathology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D018314:Leishmania infantum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology