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Acute rheumatic fever and poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis caused by T serotype 12 Streptococcus
Author(s) -
IMANAKA HIROYUKI,
ETO SUGURU,
TAKEI SYUJI,
YOSHINAGA MASAO,
HOKONOHARA MASASHI,
MIYATA KOICHIRO
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1995.tb03336.x
Subject(s) - medicine , acute glomerulonephritis , serotype , acute rheumatic fever , streptococcus , rheumatic fever , glomerulonephritis , throat , streptococcal infections , group a , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , surgery , bacteria , kidney , biology , genetics
We present a rare case of a 10 year old Japanese boy with acute rheumatic fever accompanied with poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis. We isolated group A Streptococcus serotype T 12, a strain that was thought to be nephritogenic but not rheumatogenic, from throat culture. Although rare, physicians should be aware that acute renal disease may accompany rheumatic fever.