A novel case of acute glomerulonephritis with concurrent acute non-rheumatic myocarditis following group a streptococcal infection
Shihui Hou, Jie Yang, Fei Xiao, Huanzi Dai · 2023
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Shihui Hou, Jie Yang, Fei Xiao, and Huanzi Dai published a 2023 case report on a patient whose kidneys and heart were attacked at once after a streptococcal infection. Strep infections commonly trigger acute kidney inflammation. Heart damage after strep usually means rheumatic fever, a different disease. This patient developed both kidney inflammation and non-rheumatic heart muscle inflammation together, a combination rarely reported.
The authors argue the pair forms a cardiorenal syndrome driven by the immune response to the bacterium, one storm hitting two organs. Treatment combined antibiotics with immune-suppressing therapy, and the patient recovered well. Single cases cannot prove a mechanism, but they can name a pattern for others to recognize. The report urges doctors to check the heart when kidneys fail after strep, and the kidneys when the heart does. Understanding this post-streptococcal syndrome, they write, is the route to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shihui Hou, Jie Yang, Fei Xiao, Huanzi Dai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |