Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Glomerulonephritis and Chronic Granulomatous Disease in an Adolescent Male

Simon Parzen-Johnson*, Vidhi Dalal, Ravi Jhaveri

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Staphylococcus-associated glomerulonephritis (GN) is an uncommon diagnosis in pediatric patients. Empiric therapy with steroids alone could potentially worsen the underlying infectious process in these patients, leading to worse clinical outcomes. An adolescent male diagnosed with GN was subsequently found to have chronic granulomatous disease with a Staphylococcus aureus liver abscess. His GN improved with antibiotics alone. This case illustrates the need to consider chronic infection, and primary immunodeficiency, in the differential diagnosis for new-onset GN.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)422-425
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume11
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2022

Keywords

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • glomerulonephritis
  • immunodeficiency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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