Results 1 to 10 of about 51,881 (280)

Acute Rheumatic Fever

The Lancet
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in children and adolescents, which may evolve to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with persistent cardiac valve damage.
Chowdhury MDS, Koziatek CA, Tristram D, Rajnik M.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever

Qanun Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya, 2023
Acute rheumatic fever is a nonsuppurative, immune-mediated consequence of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Recurrent or severe acute rheumatic fever can cause permanent cardiac valve damage and rheumatic heart disease.
Irma Kartika, Syafarinah Nur Hidayah Akil   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sydenham’s Chorea as the Sole Presenting Symptom of Acute Rheumatic Fever in a 14-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Background: Rheumatic chorea is an uncommon but time-honored neurological manifestation of acute rheumatic fever that usually presents weeks to months after an untreated streptococcal pharyngitis.
Omar Nashwan, Ziad W. Elmezayen, Bassel Alrabadi, Natalie Bandak, Mohammad Adi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2016
Diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever.
B. S. Belov, N. N. Kuzmina, L. G. Medyntseva, A. R. Babaeva, N. A. Shostak, E. V. Zhilyaev, S. E. Myasoedova, T. A. Raskina, S. P. Yakupova, V. N. Sorotskaya, E. N. Otteva   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review [PDF]

Communications Medicine
Background Rheumatic heart disease, the long-term sequel to acute rheumatic fever, remains a prevalent public health problem in Africa and other low to middle-income regions of the world.
Rui Providencia, Ghazaleh Aali, Fang Zhu, Thomas Katairo, Mahmood Ahmad, Jonathan JH Bray, Ferruccio Pelone, Eloi Marijon, Miryan Cassandra, David S. Celermajer, Farhad Shokraneh   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Acute Rheumatic Fever in a COVID-19-Positive Pediatric Patient

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2021
Bacterial coinfection and COVID-19 have been reported in pediatric populations. We describe a case of Sydenham’s chorea, which is exceedingly rare in developed countries, with concurrent COVID-19.
Christa I. DeVette, Cherise S. Ali, Devon W. Hahn, Stephanie D. DeLeon   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ataxia-telangiectasia With Acute Rheumatic Fever: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2023
Background: Ataxia-telangiectasia is a multi-organ disease. It is due to a mutation of the Exon No. 5 ataxia telangiectasia mutated gene (c.381delA: p.v128fls).
Mohammad Reza Khosravi, Ghazal Abbasi, Leila Shahbaznejad, Javad Ghaffari, Abbas Dabghzade   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER IN CHILDREN

Паёми Сино
The issue of reducing the incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has mainly been addressed, particularly in developed countries, due to a better understanding of the disease's etiology and the introduction of penicillin.
.S. UMAROVA, L.A. MUKHAMADIEVA
doaj   +2 more sources

The worldwide epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Clinical Epidemiology, 2011
Michael D Seckeler, Tracey R HokeDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USAAbstract: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are significant public health concerns around the ...
Michael D Seckeler, Tracey R Hoke
doaj   +2 more sources

Revisiting The Value of Anti-streptolysin O Titer in Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

Pediatric Sciences Journal, 2022
Background: Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are the significant non-suppurative late sequelae of group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection.
Mohamed S. Eid, Fatma Al Zahraa Mostafa, Hend Hamed Tamim, Mohamed Elberry, Shaimaa Sayed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source