Effect of measles on the nephrotic syndrome
RW BLUMBERG, HA CASSADY - American journal of diseases …, 1947 - jamanetwork.com
THE UNFAVORABLE effects of intercurrent infections on the nephrotic syndrome are well
known and frequently mentioned in the literature. Aldrich 1 stated that the complications of
nephrosis are infectious, not cardiac, while Dodd 2 summed up the general attitude by
saying that" overwhelming bacterial infection is the most common cause of death." Less
generally recognized is the fact that intercurrent infections may favorably modify the
nephrotic syndrome, and the occasional published reports of such incidences are usually …
known and frequently mentioned in the literature. Aldrich 1 stated that the complications of
nephrosis are infectious, not cardiac, while Dodd 2 summed up the general attitude by
saying that" overwhelming bacterial infection is the most common cause of death." Less
generally recognized is the fact that intercurrent infections may favorably modify the
nephrotic syndrome, and the occasional published reports of such incidences are usually …