A case of rheumatic fever with acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome caused by a cutaneous infection with beta-hemolytic streptococci

• Hlavní autoři: Carsten Sauer Mikkelsen (Autor), Allan Gelvan (Autor), Ahmad Ibrahim (Autor), Karin Ladefoged (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: PAGEPress Publications, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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A middle-aged patient of Greenlandic origin was referred for skin infection of the leg. An initial minor trauma of the skin of the distal right lower extremity was complicated by bullous erysipelas which cultured positive for group A β-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS). The clinical condition deteriora...