Glomerulonephritis in schistosomiasis mansoni: a time to reappraise Glomerulonefrite na esquistossomose mansônica: um tempo para reavaliar

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Valério Ladeira Rodrigues, Alba Otoni, Izabela Voieta, Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes, José Roberto Lambertucci
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010
• Subjects: Esquistossomose; Nefropatia esquistossomótica; Glomerulonefrite; Histopatologia; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomal glomerulopathy; Glomerulonephritis; Histopathology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Lambda
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000600007; https://doaj.org/article/dc12dbf64d46440d969b729319d04fcc

INTRODUCTION: The current prevalence of glomerulonephritis in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil was evaluated. METHODS: Sixty three patients (mean age 45.5±11 years) attending the outpatient infectious disease clinic of a University Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, fro...