Acute rheumatic fever and poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis caused by T serotype 12 Streptococcus.
We present a rare case of a 10 year old Japanese boy with acute rheumatic fever accompanied with poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis. We isolated group A Streptococcus serotype T 12, a strain that was thought to be nephritogenic but not rheumatogenic, from throat culture. Although rare, physicians should be aware that acute renal disease may accompany rheumatic fever.
Imanaka
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H
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Eto
S
S
Takei
S
S
Yoshinaga
M
M
Hokonohara
M
M
Miyata
K
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity