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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis.
- Source :
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Brain & development [Brain Dev] 2002 Mar; Vol. 24 (2), pp. 88-90. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- We experienced the case of a boy suffering from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and concomitant acute glomerulonephritis. The multiple lesions observed on MR images, which located mainly in the cortical gray matter, quickly responded to methyl prednisolone pulse therapy. Renal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis. Streptococcus pyogenes was identified by pharyngeal culture, and the infection was serologically confirmed. We speculated that S. pyogenes infection was coincidentally involved in both diseases.
- Subjects :
- Acute Disease
Biopsy
Brain microbiology
Brain pathology
Child
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated pathology
Glomerulonephritis pathology
Humans
Kidney microbiology
Kidney pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated microbiology
Glomerulonephritis microbiology
Streptococcal Infections complications
Streptococcus pyogenes isolation & purification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0387-7604
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Brain & development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11891098
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0387-7604(01)00403-x