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.

Keywords

• Glomerulonephritis
• leukocytoclastic vasculitis
• sarcocystis