Tag: glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis, membranoproliferative
Introduction:
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (GNMP), also called mesangiocapillar, parietoproliferative, lobular or hypocomplementemic glomerulonephritis, constitute a set of glomerulonephritis characterized by mesangial proliferation and variable thickening of...
Extracapillary glomerulonephritis
Introduction:
Extracapillary glomerulonephritis (GNEC) is characterized by the presence of a more or less circumferential crescent cell proliferation surrounding the glomerular flocculus and the so-called...
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis
Introduction:
Post-infectious acute glomerulonephritis (GNA) is defined by acute non-suppurative inflammation of the glomerular capillaries.They have in common the occurrence of infections, immune complex pathogenicity...
Glomerulonephritis with mesangial deposits of IgA
Introduction:
Primary nephropathy with IgA deposits was originally described in 1968 by Jean Berger and Nicole Hinglais after the systematic study of renal biopsies in...
Extracapillary glomerulonephritis
Introduction:
Extracapillary glomerulonephritis (GNEC) is characterized by the presence of a more or less circumferential crescent cell proliferation surrounding the glomerular flocculus and the so-called...
Streptococcus – Enterococcus
HISTORY:
In 1874, the Viennese surgeon Christian Billroth observed in lesions of erysipelas a microorganism shaped chains.
In 1875, Louis Pasteur observed this organism in vaginal...
Acute Glomerulonephritis
- Infringement inflammatory kidney glomeruli, of immunologic origin, most often occurring several weeks after a streptococcal infection (tonsillitis, skin infection or other infection). It...
Macroscopic and microscopic hematuria
HEMATURIA MACROSCOPIC:
Gross hematuria is marked by very dark urination, brown or red. The presence of red blood cells in great abundance is confirmed by...
