L2: AGN Flashcards
Def of Nephritic Syndrome
Etiology of Nephritic Syndrome
Etiology of Nephritic Syndrome
- Causes of hypo-complomentic Glumeronephritis
Etiology of Nephritic Syndrome
- Causes of normo-complementic glumeronephritis
Alport Syndrome
Goodpasture Syndrome
The decrease in complement is D2 consumption in formation of Ag-Ab complex.
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Incidence of Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
Age in Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
Sex in Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
Etiology of Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
Etiology of Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
- Strept pharyngitis
Etiology of Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
- Strept pyoderma
Other Organisms Causing Acute Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
Chronic Post-Infectious Glumeronephritis
- The reasons may include the easier access to the treatment of streptococcal infections and the widespread presence of fluoride in water, which decreases virulence factors of Streptococcus pyogenes.
- Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is used synonymously with AGN because AGN follows upper respiratory or skin infection with group A -hemolytic streptococcus in over 90% of cases
Pathogenesis of APSGN
Pathology of APSGN
Pathology of APSGN
- Light Microscopy
Pathology of APSGN
- Immuno-Fluoresence Microscopy
Pathology of APSGN
- EM
CP of APSGN
CP of APSGN
- Subclinical Course