PREVENTION OF ACUTE NEPHRITIS
Authors: C H RAMMELKAMP
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 September 1955PREVENTION OF ACUTE NEPHRITISCHARLES H. RAMMELKAMP JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.CHARLES H. RAMMELKAMP JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-3-511 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBoth acute rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis are complications of group A streptococcal respiratory infections. Although significant advances have been made during the past decade in the prevention of attacks of rheumatic fever, little attention has been paid to the problem of preventive measures for acute nephritis. This is especially surprising since both diseases are caused by group A streptococci, and the therapy of both the renal and cardiac complications can be considered inadequate today. In the present report, the natural history of acute glomerulonephritis will be emphasized in an attempt to focus medical attention on those features of the...Bibliography1. Saxton R: Unpublished observations. Google Scholar2. RammelkampWeaver CHRS: Acute glomerulonephritis. The significance of the variation in the incidence of the disease, J. Clin. Investigation 32: 345, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. UpdykeMooreConroy ELMSE: Provisional new type of group A streptococci associated with nephritis, Science 121: 171, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. StetsonRammelkampKrauseKohenPerry CACHRMRJWD: Epidemic acute nephritis. Studies on etiology, natural history and prevention, to be published. Google Scholar5. Aldrich CA: Nephritis, in Brennemann's Practice of pediatrics, 1943, W. F. Prior Company, Hagerstown. Google Scholar6. Hansborg H: Examinations about prognosis of scarlatinal nephritis, Acta med. Scandinav. 61: 570, 1925. Google Scholar7. Addis T: Glomerular nephritis, diagnosis and treatment, 1948, The Macmillan Company, New York. Google Scholar8. CatanzaroStetsonMorrisChamovitzRammelkampStolzerPerry FJCAAJRCHBLWD: The role of the streptococcus in the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever, Am. J. Med. 17: 749, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. SiegelRammelkampGriffeath ACCHHI: Epidemic nephritis in a school population. The relation of hematuria to group A streptococci, Pediatrics 15: 33, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Rammelkamp CH: Glomerulonephritis, Proc. Inst. Med. Chicago 19: 371, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. WannamakerDennyPerrySiegel LWFWWDAC: Unpublished observations. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*From the Symposium on Preventive Medicine, presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1955.From the Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, and the Streptococcal Disease Laboratory, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.†This investigation was conducted under the sponsorship of the Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases and the Commission on Streptococcal Diseases, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, and was supported by the Offices of The Surgeons General, Department of the Army, Navy (Contract NM-005-071), and Air Force, Washington, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAcute Glomerulonephritis and Glomerulonephritis in Bacterial EndocarditisPrimär glomeruläre ErkrankungenPrimär glomeruläre ErkrankungenThe Acute Glomerulonephritis SyndromePrimär glomeruläre ErkrankungenPrimär glomeruläre ErkrankungenPrimär glomeruläre ErkrankungenPrimär-glomeruläre ErkrankungenAcute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis: A Retrospective StudyPrevention of Acute Glomerulonephritis with Early Treatment of Tonsillitis with PenicillinPrimär-glomeruläre ErkrankungenThe treatment of streptococcal skin infectionsBegutachtung der NierenerkrankungenStudies on Epidemic NephritisInfection as a cause and complication of renal diseaseAcute GlomerulonephritisTreatment of Experimental Streptococcal Nephritis I. A Preliminary ReportA STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI WITH ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS*†STANLEY H. BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAXWELL STILLERMAN, M.D.RECURRENT FOCAL GLOMERULITIS: A CASE REPORT WITH RENAL BIOPSY*L. D. HARRIS, M.D., J. H. MCNEIL, M.D.Bacterial Infections of the Nasopharynx: With Particular Reference to the Prevention of Rheumatic Fever and GlomerulonephritisTherapy of acute and chronic glomerulonephritisPrevention of Acute Glomerulonephritis 1 September 1955Volume 43, Issue 3Page: 511-517KeywordsGlomerulonephritisNephritisPreventive medicinePulmonary diseasesRenal diseasesResearch laboratoriesRheumatic feverStreptococcal infectionsSurgeonsUpper respiratory tract infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...