Open AccessFive-year follow-up of patients with epidemic glomerulonephritis due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Author(s) -
Ricardo Sesso,
Sergio Pinto
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh904
Subject(s) - medicine , microalbuminuria , renal function , creatinine , urology , glomerulonephritis , prospective cohort study , urine , blood pressure , gastroenterology , kidney
In 1998 there was a large outbreak of acute glomerulonephritis in Nova Serrana, Brazil, caused by group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus. This study describes the follow-up of these patients, after a mean time of 5.4 years of the acute episode.
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