Acute nephritis: a local epidemic.
A dramatic increase in the incidence and severity of actue glomerulonephritis in the childhood population of Tauranga is report. The clinical features of the disease and streptococcal aetiology are discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology