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Can a pneumococcal infection lead to glomerulonephritis?
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Possible: Post infectious glomerulonephritis is usually associated with streptococcal or staphylococcal bindection. There have been case reports of gn associated with pneumococcal infection and some of them in children.
Answered 1/5/2019
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