Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis overview
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
In nephrology, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis is a disorder of the glomeruli (glomerulonephritis), or small blood vessels in the kidneys, following an streptococci infection. This condition is essentially defined as an inflammation of the kidneys.
A closely related term is "post-infectious glomerulonephritis", which accounts for infections by other agents. However, this term is used much less frequently.