Acute Glomerulonephritis

Kassirer, Jerome P.; Schwartz, William B.

doi:10.1056/nejm196110052651407

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“…Among conditions that are particularly vulnerable to pyelonephritis are renal malformations (Camp-bell, 1951), tubular defects (Russell and Barrie, 1936), hypercalcaemia (Schlesinger, Butler, and Black, 1956), acute glomerulonephritis (Kassirer and Schwartz, 1961), and potassium deficiency (Milne, Muehrcke, and Heard, 1957). Any kidney that is damaged by the effects of hypertension will also have a similar predisposition.…”

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Severe hypertension in childhood.

Still¹,

Cottom²

1967

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Severe hypertension in childhood.

Still¹,

Cottom²

1967

Archives of Disease in Childhood

194

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“…Patients with acute nephritis may have concomitant infections, often asymptomatic, of the urinary tract; catheterization or cystoscopy undertaken in the early stage of diagnosis may be the cause in some cases [30]. In over half of those patients whose urines were cultured pathogens were found at some stage.…”

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Acute poststreptococcal glomerulo-nephritis in general practice: the contribution of infection to its onset and course

Higgins¹

1996

Epidemiol. Infect.

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SUMMARYTwenty-one patients considered to have acute poststreptococcal glomerulo-nephritis were encountered during 35 years of general practice. In ten of them good evidence of active streptococcal infection at the time of discovery of nephritis was recorded. The more complete the data the more convincing was the evidence of active infection.In over half of those whose urines were routinely cultured pathogens were isolated and over a third were treated for infection of the urinary tract. Such infections were associated with adverse effects and prolonged illness.As compared with children, adults in general had a longer history of ill-health, were less likely to present with acute infections and more likely to have urinary tract infections and prolonged illness.Vigorous antistreptococcal treatment was followed by rapid recovery in those patients so treated whose illnesses were not complicated by urinary tract infections.Concurrent streptococcal infection and secondary infection of the urinary tract may contribute more to the onset of acute poststreptococcal glomerulo-nephritis and to its course than is currently believed.

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“…10 Even when evaluated by specific strains of streptococcus, rates vary widely, seemingly because of an undefined variable. 11 At the conclusion of his article, Weinstein still recognized that there is a need for additional studies to evaluate this issue 6 ; those studies have not occurred.…”

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“…Historically, when a patient was found to have acute nephritis, a throat culture of all intimate contacts was recommended as a method to curtail the spread of a nephritogenic strain. 9,11 Within PPID, it states, "In appropriate high-risk settings . .…”

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