Schistosoma mansoni infection as a trigger to collapsing glomerulopathy in a patient with high-risk APOL1 genotype.

• Main Authors: Precil D Neves (Author), Ramaiane A Bridi (Author), Janaína A Ramalho (Author), Lectícia B Jorge (Author), Elieser H Watanabe (Author), Andreia Watanabe (Author), Luis Yu (Author), Viktoria Woronik (Author), Rafaela B Pinheiro (Author), Leonardo A Testagrossa (Author), Lívia B Cavalcante (Author), Denise M Malheiros (Author), Cristiane B Dias (Author), Luiz F Onuchic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Schistosoma mansoni schistosomiasis (SM) remains a public health problem in Brazil. Renal involvement is classically manifested as a glomerulopathy, most often membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis or focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. We report a case of colla...