Acute glomerulonephritis associated with complicated eczema herpeticum

• Main Authors: Marta Fiedorowicz-Kaźmierczak, Kazimiera Kucharska-Barczyk, Ewa Rojas-Perez, Katarzyna Fiedorowicz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2019-11-01
• Series: Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna
• Subjects: glomerulonephritis; proteinuria; atopic dermatitis; streptococcus pyogenes
• Online Access: http://www.pimr.pl/index.php/issues/2019-vol-15-no-3/acute-glomerulonephritis-associated-with-complicated-eczema-herpeticum?aid=1386

Primary acute glomerulonephritis is a disease of the glomeruli with a sudden onset. It is caused by the presence of immune complexes following group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus infection. This is usually due to a streptococcus infection of the throat or, less commonly, of the skin. The main signs of the disease include oedema, hypertension and erythrocyturia. Systemic symptoms can also develop such as malaise, nausea and vomiting. In a severe form of the disease, transudation of fluid to body cavities occurs and renal failure develops requiring dialysis therapy. In this paper, we present an atypical case of a 9-year-old patient with acute glomerulonephritis associated with bacterial superinfection of eczema herpeticum.