Acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) of children in Udonthani Hospital

Authors

  • Sunisa Siladet Udonthani hospital

Keywords:

acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis, children, incidence

Abstract

Acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) is the most common acute  glomerulonephritis of children in developing country. The incidence and clinical course of disease in Udonthani hospital have not been reported yet.

           This is a retrospective study of patients under 15 years old who were diagnosed with APSGN between 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2019, objective to study the incidence, clinical manifestations, results, acute complications, and clinical course in pediatric patients with APSGN in Udonthani Hospital. This study reviewed the incidence, clinical manifestations, laboratory investigation results, outcome and acute complications of APSGN from medical records. Descriptive analysis using frequency, percentage, ratio, mean, S.D., median and range.

Result: Forty-three patients were enrolled in this study. The incidence in 2016 to 2019 were 8.9, 3.6, 1.9, 1.5 cases per 100,000 children under 15 years old, respectively. There were 27 male (62.8%) and 16 female (37.2), male to female ratio was 1.7:1. The ages of the patients were 9.4-14.9, the mean age was 11.6 years old. The incidence was high in the rainy season (July-September). Common clinical manifestations were hypertension (90.7%), gross hematuria (90.7%) and edema (81.4%). The rates of  infection before onset of APSGN were pharyngitis (60.5%) and skin infection (11.6%). Laboratory investigations showed microscopic hematuria (93.0%), proteinuria (88.0%). ASO titer were positive (97.7%), low serum C3 (100%)., The mean blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine were 25.5 mg/dL and 1.2 mg/dL. There were 11 patients with severe complications including hypertensive encephalopathy (9.3%),     congestive heart failure (11.6%), and rapidly progressively glomerulonephritis (4.6%). All patients had excellent results. Hypertension, proteinuria, and microscopic hematuria were disappeared within 1.6, 19.0 and 33.7 weeks respectively.

Conclusion: The incidence of APSGN in pediatric patients in Udonthani Hospital has decrease  compared with the past, The common manifestations were hypertension, gross hematuria and         edema. The, ASO titer and serum C3 are essential for diagnosis APSGN, The severe complications are hypertensive encephalopathy, congestive heart failure and RPGN. The result and short-term prognosis of APSGN in children is excellent.

 

 

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2020-12-30

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Siladet S. Acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) of children in Udonthani Hospital. udhhosmj [internet]. 2020 Dec. 30 [cited 2026 Feb. 12];28(3):306-14. available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/udhhosmj/article/view/248508