_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ # Pediatric senior registrar; ≡ Lecturer of pediatrics; Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International 33(57A): 34-39, 2021; Article no.JPRI.78692 ISSN: 2456-9119 (Past name: British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-2919, NLM ID: 101631759) Overview on Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis in Pediatrics: A Review Ahmed Abdelsamie Fadl a,b#* , Hiba Saud H. Aldubaib c≡ , Nof Tarq F. Alzayyat d , Mohammed Abdullah S. Alzahrani e , Alshammasi, Mustafa Mohammed A. f , Fatimah Arif S. Alabbad g , Ashjan Aqeel Q. Alanzl h , Al Jalooud, Hassan Haeider A i , Aseel Saud S Alrefaei j and Mohammed Marwan Ahmed Alattas k , a Doctor Samir Abbas Hospital, Saudi Arabia. b Department of pediatrics Alazhar Unversity Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. c Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. d Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. e - ALTAIF CHILDREN HOSPITAL, Taif, Saudi Arabia. f Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. g Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. h Northern Border University, ARAR, Saudi Arabia, Mohammadiah PHC Northern Borders, Saudi Arabia. i Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. j Taibah University Medina, Saudi Arabia. k Taif Children Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JPRI/2021/v33i57A33965 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/78692 Received 06 October 2021 Accepted 12 December 2021 Published 14 December 2021 ABSTRACT Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) is the most common kind of post-infectious glomerulonephritis and is caused by group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes). Although the prevalence of PSGN has decreased in affluent nations, non-streptococcal species are Review Article