In the adequate treatment of streptococcal infections in a large group of children in private practice, Breese and Disney 8 did not have a clinical case of rheumatic fever. However, Weinstein and his ...
Symptoms of ARF tend to present themselves 1-3 weeks after infection. A high index of suspicion for ARF must be maintained, especially because a single diagnostic tool does not exist. Thomas D. Jones ...
RHEUMATIC fever, a systemic disease affecting chiefly the heart, has always been considered to be primarily a disorder of childhood with a markedly diminished incidence of initial and recurrent ...
The role of streptococcal infections in initiating the diverse clinical and pathological manifestations of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease is considered in relation to the multiple ...
Rheumatic fever is one of the complications associated with strep throat. It’s a relatively serious illness that usually appears in children between the ages of 5 and 15. However, older children and ...
The clinical diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) may be challenging; however, a constellation of signs including new valvular insufficiency, cardiomegaly, and heart failure should readily prompt ...
Rheumatic fever and its complication of chronic rheumatic heart disease remains a major public health problem, especially in developing countries. This is particularly unfortunate because the ...
Recent evidence suggests that there has been an increase in Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) in the northern portion of the United States. To determine if there has been a similar increase in the south, we ...
Rheumatic fever and scarlet fever both occur due to a bacterial infection. However, they have some important differences to consider. Rheumatic fever is a complication of under-managed bacterial ...
The incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has shown a steady decline in the United States. Attack rates in most recent studies have averaged 0.5 per 100,000 population leading to the concept that ...
Rheumatic fever represents an autoimmune disease following infection with group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), one of the most ubiquitous human pathogens. The disease is characterized by ...
Symptoms of rheumatic fever include arthritic pain around the joints, fever, fatigue, uncontrollable jerky movements, skin rashes, chest pains, difficulty breathing, and a faster than usual heart rate ...
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