A STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI WITH ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Authors: S H BERNSTEIN, M STILLERMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 May 1960A STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI WITH ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITISSTANLEY H. BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAXWELL STILLERMAN, M.D.STANLEY H. BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MAXWELL STILLERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-5-1026 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe association of group A streptococcal infections with acute glomerulonephritis in man has been demonstrated by a variety of clinical, bacteriologic, serologic and immunologic data.1-5 The incidence of antecedent streptococcal infection has been reported to be between 70% and 94%, depending upon the methods utilized to demonstrate the relationship.6-8 Our knowledge of the specificity of streptococcal strains capable of nephrotoxic action has been acquired, in the main, from the extensive studies of Rammelkamp and his co-workers,4 ,9, 10 and has subsequently been confirmed by other investigators.11, 12Some viral, rickettsial and other bacterial infections have been reported to be followed...Bibliography1. 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Y.*Received for publication October 13, 1959.From the Streptococcal Disease Unit of the Pediatric Research Laboratory, The Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, N. Y.†Aided in part by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (H2613), the New York Heart Association and Eli Lilly and Company.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Stanley H. Bernstein, M.D., Streptococcal Research Unit, The Long Island Jewish Hospital, 270-05 Seventy-sixth Avenue, New Hyde Park, Long Island, N. Y. 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