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Acute glomerulonephritis in three siblings and suspected emm49-type Streptococcus pyogenes infection

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Nephrology volume 8, pages 356–358 (2004)Cite this article

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Three siblings with poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis are presented. Streptococcal infection, impetigo, and pharyngitis preceded the acute glomerulonephritis. In one patient, emm49-type Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated, a strain which has not been reported as nephritogenic in Japan.

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  1. First Department of Pediatrics, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan

    Osamu Motoyama, Kei Hasegawa, Chizuko Okamatsu & Kazutomo Tamaki

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Yamato City Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

    Kikuo Iitaka

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  1. Osamu Motoyama
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Motoyama, O., Hasegawa, K., Okamatsu, C. et al. Acute glomerulonephritis in three siblings and suspected emm49-type Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Clin Exp Nephrol 8, 356–358 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-004-0325-8

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Key words

  • Acute glomerulonephritis
  • Familial cases
  • emm49 type Streptococcus pyogenes