{"title":"Empyema thoracis with acute glomerulonephritis: A rare concurrence and etiological enigma","authors":"Vishnu Kumar Goyal , Sandeep Choudhary , N.P. Chhangani , Akash Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.pid.2015.11.006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>We are reporting a 5-year-old male child of empyema thoracis, who developed </span>acute glomerulonephritis<span> as a complication. Post-infectious glomerulonephritis in children commonly follows group A β-hemolytic streptococcal infections. Development of nephritis in empyema is rare in children.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":19984,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Infectious Disease","volume":"7 4","pages":"Pages 105-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pid.2015.11.006","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Infectious Disease","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221283281500065X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We are reporting a 5-year-old male child of empyema thoracis, who developed acute glomerulonephritis as a complication. Post-infectious glomerulonephritis in children commonly follows group A β-hemolytic streptococcal infections. Development of nephritis in empyema is rare in children.
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