STUDIES OF POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL NEPHRITIS AND OTHER GLOMERULAR DISEASES
Authors: D P EARLE, R B JENNINGS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 November 1959STUDIES OF POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL NEPHRITIS AND OTHER GLOMERULAR DISEASESDAVID P. EARLE, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT B. JENNINGS, M.D.DAVID P. EARLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT B. JENNINGS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-851 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUncertainties and disagreements still complicate consideration of diseases that affect primarily the glomerulus. Although specific therapy is not at hand, accurate classification and clear concepts of the natural histories of these diseases contribute significantly to their understanding, practical clinical management and prognosis.The keystone of our approach to this problem is a correlation of the clinical course with serial histologic observations in 36 adults with sporadic acute glomerulonephritis whose disease followedprovedhemolytic streptococcal infection (table 1). Recovery of group A hemolytic streptococci on culture, and/or a significant increase in serum antistreptolysin, antistreptokinase or antihyaluronidase titers on serial measurements, were...Bibliography1. RammelkampWeaver CHRS: Acute glomerulonephritis. The significance of variations in the incidence of the disease, J. Clin. Investigation 32: 345, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. WertheimLyttleLoebEarleSeegalSeegal ARJDENDPBCD: The association of type specific hemolytic streptococci with acute glomerulonephritis, J. Clin. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication May 16, 1959.Presented at the Fortieth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 21, 1959.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, and the Departments of Medicine, Veterans Administration Research Hospital and Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, and U. S. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois.†Supported in part by grants from the National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service (H-1815 and H-1890), and the Otho S. A. Sprague Foundation.Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Navy Department or the Veterans Administration.Requests for reprints should be addressed to David P. Earle, M.D., 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois. 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LOVELL BECKER, M.D.Current status of steroid therapy in chronic glomerulonephritis in the adult 1 November 1959Volume 51, Issue 5Page: 851-860KeywordsFibrosisGlomerulonephritisHospital medicineNephritisPneumoniaPrevention, policy, and public healthProteinuriaPyelonephritisStreptococcal infectionsThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...