Acute glomerulonephritis in three siblings and suspected emm49-type Streptococcus pyogenes infection |
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| Authors: | Osamu Motoyama Kei Hasegawa Chizuko Okamatsu Kazutomo Tamaki Kikuo Iitaka |
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| Affiliation: | (1) First Department of Pediatrics, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan;(2) Department of Pediatrics, Yamato City Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Three siblings with poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis are presented. Streptococcal infection, impetigo, and pharyngitis preceded the acute glomerulonephritis. In one patient, emm49-type Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated, a strain which has not been reported as nephritogenic in Japan. |
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| Keywords: | Acute glomerulonephritis Familial cases emm49 type Streptococcus pyogenes |
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