Glomerulopathy associated with parasitic infections

Although parasitic infections do not usually present with disturbance in re nal function, glomerular lesions can be seen in most of these infections. T he glomerular lesions observed in parasitic infections cover the whole rang e of glomerular lesions known, but most of them are proliferative. Little i s known of the exact pathogenic mechanisms. In this review, we try to expla in the glomerular lesions associated with parasitic infections in terms of the specific immunologic events observed during these diseases against the background of recent developments in the general knowledge of the pathogene sis of glomerular disease.