MEDICAL SCIENCE
Clinico-etiological Profile Of Acute Glomerulonephritis In Pediatric Population
by Dr. Anusha K Patil
ISBN Number : 978 - 93 - 88672 - 67 - 2
Authors Details
Author Name | Image | About Author |
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Dr. Anusha K Patil | Senior Resident Department of Pediatrics BLDE (Deemed to be University)
Shri B M Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center |
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Dr. Durugappa H | Professor and Hod Department of Pediatrics Vijayanagara Institution of
Medical Sciences |
Book Description
A children accounting for 70% of all nephrology cases. Commonest cause for AGN in children is post infectious etiology. The prototype of PIGN is PSGN.1 PSGN results from antecedent infection of skin or throat caused by nephritogenic strains of group A beta hemolytic streptococci.2,3,4 The world wide burden of PSGN is 4,72,000 per year with approximately 4,04,000 cases in children and 4,56,000 occurring in underdeveloped countries.5 AGN has wide range of presentation and natural history has been changing now-a-days. Although mortality is less, many morbidities are associated with AGN. Only few studies on clinic-etiological prole, prognosis and outcome of PIGN have been reported in India in recent years.