Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis; Introduction; Clinical Presentation; Laboratory Findings; Kidney Biopsy Findings; Light Microscopy; Immunofluorescence Findings; Electron Microscopic Findings; Differential Diagnosis; Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis of Nonstreptococcal Origin; C3 Glomerulopathy; Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN); Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis; IgA Nephropathy; Membranous Glomerulonephritis; Diffuse Proliferative (Class IV) Lupus Nephritis; Etiology and Pathogenesis.

Clinicopathologic Correlations and OutcomeReferences; 2 Staphylococcus Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis; Introduction; Epidemiology: Incidence and Demographics; Clinical Presentation and Laboratory Findings; Kidney Biopsy Findings; Light Microscopy; Immunofluorescence Microscopy; Electron Microscopy; Etiology and Pathogenesis; Differential Diagnosis; Clinical Course and Outcome; Staphylococcus Species-Microbiological and Immunological Aspects; Antimicrobial Resistance; Immune Evasion; References; 3 Glomerulonephritis Associated with Other Bacterial Infections; Introduction.

Clinical PresentationLight Microscopy; Immunofluorescence Microscopy; Electron Microscopy; Pathophysiology; Treatment and Prognosis; Related Diagnoses; Specific Bacterial Infections; Syphilis; Lyme Disease; Bartonella "Cat-Scratch Disease"; Brucella; Mycobacterium; Infection-Associated Amyloid; Special Circumstances; Deep-Seated Visceral Abscess; Shunt Nephritis; References; 4 Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis; Introduction Overview; Infective Endocarditis Terminology; Renal Disease Due to Infective Endocarditis.

Historical Evolution of Glomerular Injury Pattern in Endocarditis-Associated GlomerulonephritisClinical Presentation and Laboratory Data; Clinical Evolution of Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis; Clinical Presentation; Predisposing States or Coexisting Conditions; Laboratory Data and Serologic Studies; Cardiac Involvement; Infectious Agents; Pathologic Findings and Clinicopathologic Correlation; Light Microscopy; Glomerular Findings; Tubulointerstitial and Vascular Findings; Immunofluorescence; Electron Microscopy; Clinicopathologic Correlation; Infectious Agent and Biopsy Findings.

ImmunopathologyCrescentic Glomerulonephritis and Differential Diagnosis of Vasculitis; Diagnostic Challenges of Endocarditis and Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis; Pathogenesis; Treatment and Outcome; Treatment; Follow-up and Outcome; References; 5 The Management of Bacterial Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis; Introduction; Distinguishing Post-infectious GN from the GN of Active Infection; Post-infectious GN; Post-streptococcal GN; Clinical Manifestations and Differential Diagnosis; Role of the Kidney Biopsy in Suspected APSGN; Treatment of APSGN.