Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation
We report the case of a 5-year-old who had interstitial invasion of his kidneys with group A Streptococcus (GAS). Glomeruli and tubules were relatively preserved. He recovered from this event and was admitted a couple of months later with dilated cardiomyopathy needing a heart transplant. To our kno...
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| description | We report the case of a 5-year-old who had interstitial invasion of his kidneys with group A Streptococcus (GAS). Glomeruli and tubules were relatively preserved. He recovered from this event and was admitted a couple of months later with dilated cardiomyopathy needing a heart transplant. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of direct invasion of renal interstitium by GAS. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-97b5fff07fdc48b79f7fe62a510e12d02025-08-20T02:10:07ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66332022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5881375Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare PresentationFrancis Lomanta0Shankar Upadhyayula1Department of PediatricsDivision of Infectious DiseasesWe report the case of a 5-year-old who had interstitial invasion of his kidneys with group A Streptococcus (GAS). Glomeruli and tubules were relatively preserved. He recovered from this event and was admitted a couple of months later with dilated cardiomyopathy needing a heart transplant. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of direct invasion of renal interstitium by GAS.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5881375 |
| spellingShingle | Francis Lomanta Shankar Upadhyayula Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation |
| title_full | Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation |
| title_fullStr | Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation |
| title_short | Renal Interstitial Invasion by Group A Streptococcus: A Rare Presentation |
| title_sort | renal interstitial invasion by group a streptococcus a rare presentation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5881375 |
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