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Explain why glomerulonephritis is a common result of strep throat in children?
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Occasional not comon: Certain strains of the untreated strep germ can trigger formation of cross reactive antibodies.Their primary target would be the strep germ, but for unknown reasons they attack some of the kidney tissue as if it were strep.Damage to the tissue produces glomerulonephritis.
Answered 9/1/2013
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