title: Glomerulopathy in a patient with sarcocystis infestation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Jayalakshmi P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Balakrishna
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chacko
authors.forename: Marie Therese
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Manipadam
mesh_terms: D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*