학술논문
Post streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis secondary to sporadic Streptococcus equi infection.
Document Type
Report
Source
Subject
*STREPTOCOCCAL diseases
*GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
*PYODERMA in animals
*KIDNEY glomerulus diseases
*CASE studies
*PEDIATRIC nephrology
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Language
ISSN
0931-041X
Abstract
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus infection is rare in humans, but a well-known cause of pyogenic disease in cows and horses. S. zooepidemicus uncommonly causes post-strep glomerulonephritis (PSGN) in humans via epidemic outbreaks. We present a sporadic case of post S. zooepidemicus glomerulonephritis in a child most probably contracted from a horse. The 14-year-old girl presented with the typical signs of PSGN, with S. equi zooepidemicus isolated from a blood culture, together with a low C3 and raised anti-DNAse B. This is the first known report of a sporadic case of PSGN in a child caused by this organism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]