Poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis is an example of:
High-Yield Explanation
Immune-Complex Disease
Formation of circulating immune complexes contributes to the pathogenesis of a number of conditions other than serum sickness. These include the following:
Autoimmune diseases
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Drug reactions
Allergies to penicillin and sulfonamides
Infectious diseases
Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
Meningitis
Hepatitis
Infectious mononucleosis
Malaria
Trypanosomiasis
Parija SC. Textbook of Microbiology & Immunology. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2014. Page: 154