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Acute Rheumatic Fever Without Pharyngitis: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of General and Family Medicine
An 18‐year‐old man presented with fatigue and polyarthralgia refractory to nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). He had no history of sore throat or other upper respiratory symptoms. Reactive arthritis was initially suspected.
Hiroki Suzuyama, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Fumiya Taketomi, Ikuma Noge, Tadaaki Arimura, Hiroaki Takeoka, Atsuhiko Sakamoto, Shigeki Nabeshima   +7 more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Revisiting The Value of Anti-streptolysin O Titer in Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

Pediatric Sciences Journal (Egypt), 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
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Acute Rheumatic Fever and Kawasaki Disease Occurring in a Single Patient

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Kawasaki disease and acute rheumatic fever are two major causes of acquired heart disease in the pediatric population. Although both conditions are well-known entities, the association between them has never been described.
Kazuki Iio, Naoya Fukushima, Keiji Akamine, Kazuhiro Uda, Hiroshi Hataya, Masaru Miura   +5 more
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Promising approaches to early diagnosis of chronic rheumatic heart disease

Наука и инновации в медицине, 2022
Aim to determine the prevalence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in children and chronic rheumatic heart disease (HRHD) in adults on the example of the Samara region and to propose measures for the early detection and prevention of valvular heart lesions.
Galina V. Santalova, Andrei A. Garanin, Petr A. Lebedev, Maksim E. Kuzin, Olga V. Tereshina   +4 more
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Aspirin-induced hepatotoxicity and anemia in children with acute rheumatic fever

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Background. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of anemia and hepatotoxicity associated with aspirin use in patients with acute rheumatic fever. Methods. Patients with acute rheumatic fever followed at Erciyes University,
Derya Altay, Özge Pamukçu, Ali Baykan, Kazım Üzüm, Duran Arslan   +4 more
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Presentation and outcome of patients managed for Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart disease at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria

Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Rheumatic heart disease occurs as a sequel to acute rheumatic fever. Many cases of acute rheumatic fever, however, go undiagnosed as many patients present with otherwise common symptoms and in the absence of overt carditis may go undetected ...
Aira A. Olorukooba, Mariya A. Garba, Abdullahi Musa, Nazir Hamisu, Hafsat Ibrahim, Kazeem Aliyu   +5 more
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