etiology of glomerulonephritis

Etiology

• idiopathic glomerulonephritis (GN)
  • membranoproliferative GN
  • idiopathic crescentic GN
  • IgA nephropathy*
• secondary glomerulonephritis (GN)
  • bacterial infection
    • endocarditis*
    • post-streptococcal* GN
    • visceral abscess
    • sepsis*
    • pneumococcal pneumonia
    • typhoid fever
    • secondary syphilis
    • meningiococcemia
  • viral infection
    • hepatitis B
    • infectious mononucleosis
    • mumps
    • measles
    • varicella
    • vaccinia
    • echovirus
    • coxsackievirus
  • parasitic infection
    • malaria
    • toxoplasmosis
  • connective tissue disease
    • systemic lupus erythematosus*
  • vasculitis*
    • Wegener's granulomatosis
    • polyarteritis nodosa
    • microscopic polyangiitis
    • Henoch Schonlein purpura*
  • Goodpasture's syndrome
  • cryoglobulinemia
  • multiple myeloma
  • serum sickness
  • Alport's syndrome
  • hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • radiation of Wilm's tumor
  • diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine

* most common etiologies

Additional terms

• glomerulonephritis (GN, nephritic syndrome)