A rare case of postinfectious glomerulonephritis caused by pneumococcus in an adult patient

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Usmani, Saad Z ^a   Shahid, Zainab ^a   Wheeler, Donald ^a   Nasser, Kamal ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Postinfectious glomerulonephritis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NITROGEN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTINFECTIOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; RARE DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; AGE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOLOGY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STEROIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34447279706     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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