title: Acute glomerulonephritis associated with acute pneumococcal meningitis. A case report.
abstract: The frequency of complications in pneumococcal infections has decreased after the extensive use of antibiotics. However, pneumococcal postinfectious acute glomerulonephritis is rarely seen. A case of acute pneumococcal meningitis with acute glomerulonephritis which shows signs of nephritic and nephrotic syndrome is presented in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kavukçu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Topaloğlu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Saatçi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*