Vol.23 No.6

Case Report

A case of Behcet’s disease developing after poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis

Authors

Yuichiro Kitai1 , Kosaku Murakami 1 , Hajime Yoshifuji2 , Naoichiro Yukawa2 , Daisuke Kawabata2 , Koichiro Ohmura2 , Takao Fujii2, 3 , Tsuneyo Mimori2, 3

  • Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Hudegasaki Cho 5-30, Ten-noji Ku, Osaka 543-8555, Japan
  • Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
  • Department of the Control for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Received:

4 June 2012

Accepted:

30 July 2012

Published online:

30 August 2012

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Abstract

Abstract We report a case of a 73-year-old Japanese male patient who developed Behc?et’s disease (BD) after poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis. Three months after the initial presentation, acneiform eruption and oral and genital ulcers appeared. Treatment with oral prednisolone (20 mg/day) resulted in the remarkable disappearance of these symptoms. These findings support the hypothesis that Streptococcus pyogenes may be an etiologic factor of BD.

Key words

Behcet’s disease, Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, Innate immunity