• The treatment of infection-related glomerulonephritis is supportive
and directed at controlling hypertension, fluid retention, and
oedema. Sometimes temporary dialysis is required.
• Antibiotics might be used in PIGN if there is evidence of an
ongoing streptococcal infection, which also prevents infection
spreading to other people the patient is in contact with. The use of
glucocorticoids in the treatment of crescentic PIGN is controversial.
• In children the prognosis is usually excellent, with serum creatinine
returning to baseline within 0 weeks and haematuria resolving within
0–0 months.