Identifying poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.

Expedient antimicrobial treatment of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis prevents suppurative complications and rheumatic fever; however, timely therapy does not prevent acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is the most common for...

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Published in:Nurse Practitioner Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 34 - 40
Main Authors: Lang MM, Towers C
Format: algorithm CEU exam questions pictorial Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Aug2001
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