Staphylococcus-associated glomerulonephritis (GN) is an uncommon diagnosis in pediatric patients. Empiric therapy with steroids alone could potentially worsen the underlying infectious process in these patients, leading to worse clinical outcomes. An adolescent male diagnosed with GN was subsequently found to have chronic granulomatous disease with a Staphylococcus aureus liver abscess. His GN improved with antibiotics alone. This case illustrates the need to consider chronic infection, and primary immunodeficiency, in the differential diagnosis for new-onset GN.

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