Acute eosinophilic glomerulonephritis with Bancroftian filariasis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1979 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Postgraduate Medical Journal, volume 55, pages 905-907 (issn: 0032-5473,

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Authors: A, Date; V, Gunasekaran; M G, Kirubakaran; J C, Shastry;

doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.650.905

pmid: 398487

pmc: PMC2425693

Acute eosinophilic glomerulonephritis with Bancroftian filariasis

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Abstract

A case is reported of Bancroftian filariasis and acute immune complex glomerulonephritis in a 44-year-old man. Renal biopsy showed microfilariae and large numbers of eosinophils in the glomeruli (eosinophilic glomerulonephritis). The absence of other aetiological factors suggests that the glomerulonephritis may have been of filarial origin.

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Adult, Eosinophils, Male, Glomerulonephritis, Acute Disease, Kidney Glomerulus, Humans, Wuchereria bancrofti, Filariasis

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