A patient has just been diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis. Which question should the nurse ask this client in attempting to establish a cause?
A) "Do you have a history of heart failure?"
B) "Have you recently had kidney stones?"
C) "Have you ever been diagnosed with diabetes?"
D) "Have you had any type of infection within the last 2 weeks?"

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Acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis usually occurs after infection with certain strains of group A F1F1F1S1?F1F1F10-hemolytic streptococci and is caused by deposition of immune complexes of antibody and bacterial antigens. Other organisms can also cause this infection.

A Patient Has Just Been Diagnosed with Acute Glomerulonephritis