ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER FIVE MONTHS AFTER ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Authors: G V FORESTER, E E FISCHEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 August 1959ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER FIVE MONTHS AFTER ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITISGEOFFREY V. FORESTER, M.D., EDWARD E. FISCHEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEOFFREY V. FORESTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD E. FISCHEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-2-398 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever are sequelae of infection with Group A hemolytic streptococci. The precise mechanism whereby these two complications are produced is, however, obscure. A number of definite epidemiologic and serologic differences between the two conditions have been well documented.1-4 The occurrence of the two diseases simultaneously may be encountered. Their incidence in tandem, however, presumably resulting from two separate streptococcal infections, is unusual, and may be of interest in defining further the factor of host susceptibility and the differing pathogeneses of the two poststreptococcal diseases.This report concerns a 15 year old boy who contracted acute...Bibliography1. SeegalEarle DDP: A consideration of certain biological differences between glomerulonephritis and rheumatic fever, Am. J. M. Sc. 201: 528, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RammelkampWeaverDingle CHRSJH: Significance of the epidemiological differences between acute nephritis and rheumatic fever, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 65: 168, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. FischelGadjusek EEDC: Serum complement in acute glomerulonephritis and other renal diseases, Am. J. Med. 12: 190, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. StetsonRammelkampKrauseKohenPerry CACHRMRJWD: Acute epidemic nephritis: studies on etiology, natural history and prevention, Medicine 34: 431, 1955. 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WEINBERGER, M.D. 1 August 1959Volume 51, Issue 2Page: 398-403KeywordsEpidemiologyGlomerulonephritisHospital medicineMedical servicesPathogenesisPathogensPharyngitisPrevention, policy, and public healthRheumatic feverStreptococcal infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...