acute glomerulonephritis

Streptococcal infections might also lead to swelling of the kidneys (acute glomerulonephritis).

In doing so, he identified a patient whose infection was followed by a peculiar illness that featured hemoptysis and acute glomerulonephritis.

Immune complications include acute glomerulonephritis, rheumatic fever and erythema nodosum.

Streptococcal infections may also lead to acute glomerulonephritis, however the incidence of this side effect is not reduced by the use of antibiotics.

Acute glomerulonephritis, inflammation of the renal glomerulus, can follow streptococcal pharyngitis or skin infection.

Other causes of acute glomerulonephritis:

It is not clear whether treating the strep infection with antibiotics reduces your risk of developing inflammation of the kidneys (acute glomerulonephritis).

Additional complications may be caused by GAS, namely acute rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis.

They may also be seen in inflammatory states, such as acute allergic interstitial nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, or post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis.