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Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review

Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis is rarely described in the literature. We report a four-year-old boy who developed acute glomerulonephritis following pneumococcal bacteraemia and submandibular lymphadenitis, and review the published literature. Two weeks after developing acute glomerulonephritis, th...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Intan Hakimah, Zainudin, Zurina, Othman, Norlijah
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Published: Singapore Medical Association 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34948/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.349482015-12-24T05:05:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34948/ Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review Ismail, Intan Hakimah Zainudin, Zurina Othman, Norlijah Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis is rarely described in the literature. We report a four-year-old boy who developed acute glomerulonephritis following pneumococcal bacteraemia and submandibular lymphadenitis, and review the published literature. Two weeks after developing acute glomerulonephritis, the patient developed bronchopneumonia with left pleural effusion. However, by the fourth week of admission, his renal function had normalised and lung involvement resolved. Singapore Medical Association 2014-05 Article PeerReviewed Ismail, Intan Hakimah and Zainudin, Zurina and Othman, Norlijah (2014) Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review. Singapore Medical Journal, 55 (5). e69-e72. ISSN 0037-5675 https://sma.org.sg/Publications/articles.aspx?ID=3E49968D-6FF9-485E-ACEB-CAAB9430F36B
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description Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis is rarely described in the literature. We report a four-year-old boy who developed acute glomerulonephritis following pneumococcal bacteraemia and submandibular lymphadenitis, and review the published literature. Two weeks after developing acute glomerulonephritis, the patient developed bronchopneumonia with left pleural effusion. However, by the fourth week of admission, his renal function had normalised and lung involvement resolved.
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author Ismail, Intan Hakimah
Zainudin, Zurina
Othman, Norlijah
spellingShingle Ismail, Intan Hakimah
Zainudin, Zurina
Othman, Norlijah
Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
author_facet Ismail, Intan Hakimah
Zainudin, Zurina
Othman, Norlijah
author_sort Ismail, Intan Hakimah
title Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
title_short Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
title_full Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
title_fullStr Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
title_sort pneumococcal glomerulonephritis in a healthy child: a case report and literature review
publisher Singapore Medical Association
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34948/
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