Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. A ten-year follow-up of an epidemic

Medium- and Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis

“…The results o f our follow-up studies are in accordance with several others reported by different investigators [1][2][3][4][5]10,17] (table 3). The incidence of clinical and labora tory features at the onset of the disease in these studies was similar to ours.…”

“…It was generally agreed that the prognosis o f acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (A P SG N ) was good, and very few patients, if any, were recorded to progress to chronic renal failure [1][2][3][4][5]. However, con troversial data were reported concerning the long-term outcome o f patients with A P S G N .…”

Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis: immune deposit disease.

“…All had normal renal function. The Addis counts in these patients were slightly abnormal, but the frequency of this abnormality was not significantly different from that of a control Indian population with no history of glomerulonephritis (20).…”

“…A total of 22 renal biopsies were performed on these patients by the method previously described (19) and at the times indicated in Table I. As part of a separate follow-up study (20) 10 years after welldocumented acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (Red Lake, Minnesota, epidemic of 1953), additional renal biopsies were performed on 14 children and studied by fluorescent microscopy.…”

Post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis in children: clinical features and pathogenesis

“…Most case series note that the proteinuria disappears much earlier than the microscopic hematuria [40,153] with the exception of Travis et al, who noted the opposite [136]. During this phase, the C3 level returns to normal in the majority of affected children.…”