Postinfectious glomerulonephritis is a common disorder that develops following an infection. In the majority of cases, there is complete recovery of renal function within a few days to weeks following resolution of the infection. In a small percentage of patients, however, the glomerulonephritis takes longer to resolve, resulting in persistent hematuria and proteinuria, or even progression to e...

The epidemiology of postinfectious GN has changed considerably during recent decades, especially in developed countries. This disease typically has occurred in children and most often following a respiratory tract or skin infection with streptococcus. There is a decline in the prevalence of the disease in childhood, whereas the significant proportion of cases afflicts adults, mainly the elderly...

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The prototype for bacterial infection-related GN (also called postinfectious GN) is poststreptococcal GN, which most often occurs in children following a pharyngeal or cutaneous infection (impetigo) caused by a particular nephritogenic strain of Streptococci, and usually has a favorable outcome. However, in the last decades the spectrum of postinfectious GN has changed....

conclusions there is a need to conduct more comprehensive studies on effect of combination therapy with corticosteroids and antibiotics as well as their short-term and long-term adverse effects on the immune system. while injecting corticosteroids is commonly administered in patients with rti, they are not recommended due to the lack of data on their long-term therapeutic and adverse effects. p...

INTRODUCTION A signifi cant fraction of the average gastroenterology practice is devoted to the management of functional gastrointestinal disorders, of which the most frequent are irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia. Th ese patients are highly heterogenous, and the lack of a known etiology and wide variability in treatment response makes them particularly challenging to mana...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS There is evidence that the olfactory system can be modulated by repeated exposure to odors, a procedure called olfactory training. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of olfactory training in patients with postinfectious and post-traumatic olfactory dysfunction. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study of 119 patients with postinfectious and post-traumatic olfact...

Acute postinfectious pityriasis rubra pilaris (PRP) is a variant of juvenile PRP (Griffiths type III) characterized by no family history, an acute course associated with a prior fever, and good prognosis. Clinical features may resemble other superantigen-mediated diseases, such as scarlatiniform rash or staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, but its histology and treatment are different. We pres...