A novel case of acute glomerulonephritis with concurrent acute non-rheumatic myocarditis following group a streptococcal infection.
Group A streptococcus
acute non-rheumatic streptococcal myocarditis
cardiac damage
cardiorenal syndrome
immunosuppressive therapy
post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Journal
The Journal of international medical research
ISSN: 1473-2300
Titre abrégé: J Int Med Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0346411
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
medline:
27
12
2023
pubmed:
27
12
2023
entrez:
27
12
2023
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Résumé
Streptococcal infection is a common cause of acute glomerulonephritis. Cardiac damage associated with streptococcal infection commonly occurs in acute rheumatic fever. However, cases of acute non-rheumatic streptococcal myocarditis have been reported in recent years. We report a novel case of concurrent acute glomerulonephritis and non-rheumatic myocarditis following streptococcal infection. A good prognosis was achieved with antibiotic and immunosuppressive therapy, indicating that
Identifiants
pubmed: 38150540
doi: 10.1177/03000605231173275
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Declaration of conflicting interestThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.