Volume 18, Number 5, 526-528, DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0095-3

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Co-occurrence of poststreptococcal reactive arthritis and acute glomerulonephritis

Takehiko Tokura, Yoshitaka Morita, Daisuke Yorimitsu, Hideyuki Horike, Tamaki Sasaki and Naoki Kashihara

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Abstract

We report a 16-year-old patient who developed concurrent poststreptococcal reactive arthritis and acute glomerulonephritis. A high titer of antistreptolysin O antibody confirmed the preceding streptococcal infection. The patient presented with symmetric persistent tenosynovitis of hands and feet. Renal biopsy showed typical findings of acute glomerulonephritis with crescent formation. Physicians who treat patients with arthritis of acute onset, especially after throat infection, should be aware of possible urinary abnormalities or renal dysfunction.

Keywords  Glomerulonephritis - Reactive arthritis - Streptococcal infection - Tenosynovitis

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