PubMed · 1985 · 15 citations · 0 references
MedicineInternal MedicineNephrologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesPediatric RheumatologyRheumatologyBacterial InfectionsImmune-mediated Renal DiseaseImmune-mediated Sequelae Of InfectionInfectious InflammationPediatric VasculitisRenal InflammationAcute Poststreptococcal GlomerulonephritisAcute Rheumatic FeverGroup A Streptococcal InfectionPediatric GlomerulonephritisPost-streptococcal Sequelae
We report the coexistence of acute rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis in a 15-year-old boy, which may have resulted from nonsuppurative complications of a streptococcal infection.