PNEUMONIA-ASSOCIATED ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN A NIGERIAN ADOLESCENT.
Children with pneumonia who develop features of impaired renal function should be investigated for AGN. This report highlights this rare and unusual association as a possibility in our setting; and also brought up the difficulties with diagnostic procedures in resource constrained settings like ours, especially in light of widespread antimicrobial resistance and rational antibiotics use.
Authors
- Johnson Ajeh Isaac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-9521)
- Sunday Ikukpla’si Ozhe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7618-3593)
- S Mayaki
- HassanI Ikrama
- C L Simon
- I E Ocheke
Institutions
- National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-11-10
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00