Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis causes

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Causes

Common Causes

Common causes of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis include:

• Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis is caused by an infection with certain strains of streptococci
• Most common strain is group A streptococci
• Others strain of streptococci include:
  • Streptococci M types 47, 49, 55, 2, 60, and 57 causes pyodermatitis
  • Streptococci M types 1, 2, 4, 3, 25, 49, and 12 causes throat infection

Less Common Causes

Less common causes of disease name include:

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Genetic Causes

• [Disease name] is caused by a mutation in the [gene name] gene.