Acute glomerulonephritis: the current role of the streptococcus.
Thirty-one patients who presented with acute glomerulonephritis have been reviewed with respect to the involvement of the streptococcus in their disease. The high incidence of the condition and the fact that 76 percent of the patients had evidence of streptococcal infection, as indicated by a raised anti-streptolysin O-titre is discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000989:Antistreptolysin / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D013290:Streptococcal Infections
D000989:Antistreptolysin