GROUP-A BETA-HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION AND HENOCH-SCHONLEIN-PURPURA WITH CARDIAC, RENAL AND NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS

Authors
MATTOO TK ALMUTAIR A ALKHATIB Y ALI A ALSOHAIBANI MO
Citation
Tk. Mattoo et al., GROUP-A BETA-HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION AND HENOCH-SCHONLEIN-PURPURA WITH CARDIAC, RENAL AND NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS, Annals of tropical paediatrics, 17(4), 1997, pp. 381-386
Citations number
14
Journal title
Annals of tropical paediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02724936
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
381 - 386
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-4936(1997)17:4<381:GBSIAH>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 6-year-old girl had a group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal (GABS) t hroat infection and Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP). The clinical cours e was complicated by nephrotic syndrome due to crescentic glomerulonep hritis, transient neurological symptoms due to focal ischaemia of the brain, and congestive cardiac failure due to myocarditis. The clinical presentation highlights the diversity of systemic involvement in HSP, the transient nature of apparently serious central nervous system inv olvement, and a possible role of GABS in its aetiology.