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A child is recovering from a bout with group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus infection. They return to the clinic a week later complaining of decrease in urine output with puffiness and edema noted in the face and hands. The health care provider suspects the child has developed:A. Acute nephritic syndrome

B. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
C. Acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis
D. Adult-onset medullary cystic disease

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Answer:Acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis-----C

Step-by-step explanation:

Acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis is a disorder of the (glomerulonephritis), a primary glomerular disease affecting only the kidney which presents glomerular to be internally inflammed with cellular proliferation heightened by a variety of bacterial infections, typically of the Streptococcus bacteria type---- β-hemolytic Streptococcus infection which occurs mostly in children after a pharyngeal infection with a favorable outcome but with a bacterial infection complications presenting such child with puffiness, edema and decreased urination.

Even though it commonly affects children, this condition also affects adults especially with a compromised immune system arising from underlying disease such as diabetes hepatitis and alcohol intakes etc. Although the recovery prognosis in children is higher when compared to adults.

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