title: Acute glomerulonephritis secondary to lobar pneumonia.
abstract: We report 4 cases of children who developed lobar pneumonia and subsequently acute glomerulonephritis, all within a period of six weeks. In one case streptococcus pneumonia type 5 was isolated, a strain not previously described in the literature as being nephritogenic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schachter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pomeranz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wolach
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*