title: A case of Behçet's disease developing after poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis.
abstract: We report a case of a 73-year-old Japanese male patient who developed Behçet's disease (BD) after poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis. Three months after the initial presentation, acneiform eruption and oral and genital ulcers appeared. Treatment with oral prednisolone (20 mg/day) resulted in the remarkable disappearance of these symptoms. These findings support the hypothesis that Streptococcus pyogenes may be an etiologic factor of BD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Hudegasaki Cho 5-30, Ten-noji Ku, Osaka, 543-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitai
authors.forename: Kosaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshifuji
authors.forename: Naoichiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yukawa
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmura
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Tsuneyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimori
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone