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Pediatrics In Review, 2021
The incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is 8 to 51 per 100,000 people worldwide. It most commonly affects children 5 to 15 years of age after a group A streptococcal infection. Overcrowding and poor socioeconomic conditions are directly proportional to the incidence of ARF.
Subhrajit, Lahiri, Amy, Sanyahumbi
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The incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is 8 to 51 per 100,000 people worldwide. It most commonly affects children 5 to 15 years of age after a group A streptococcal infection. Overcrowding and poor socioeconomic conditions are directly proportional to the incidence of ARF.
Subhrajit, Lahiri, Amy, Sanyahumbi
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The Lancet, 2018
Acute rheumatic fever is caused by an autoimmune response to throat infection with Streptococcus pyogenes. Cardiac involvement during acute rheumatic fever can result in rheumatic heart disease, which can cause heart failure and premature mortality. Poverty and household overcrowding are associated with an increased prevalence of acute rheumatic fever ...
Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Luiza, Guilherme
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Acute rheumatic fever is caused by an autoimmune response to throat infection with Streptococcus pyogenes. Cardiac involvement during acute rheumatic fever can result in rheumatic heart disease, which can cause heart failure and premature mortality. Poverty and household overcrowding are associated with an increased prevalence of acute rheumatic fever ...
Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Luiza, Guilherme
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Serological Profiling of Group A Streptococcus Infections in Acute Rheumatic Fever.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021Rheumatic fever is a serious post-infectious sequela of Group A Streptococcus (GAS). Prior GAS exposures were mapped in sera using a large panel of M-type specific peptides.
N. Lorenz +8 more
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Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021
To evaluate the incidence and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Turkey, following the revised Jones criteria in 2015.
D. Gürses +3 more
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To evaluate the incidence and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Turkey, following the revised Jones criteria in 2015.
D. Gürses +3 more
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The Lancet, 2005
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its chronic sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have become rare in most affluent populations, but remain unchecked in developing countries and in some poor, mainly indigenous populations in wealthy countries. More than a century of research, mainly in North America and Europe, has improved our understanding of ARF ...
Carapetis, Jonathan R. +2 more
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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its chronic sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have become rare in most affluent populations, but remain unchecked in developing countries and in some poor, mainly indigenous populations in wealthy countries. More than a century of research, mainly in North America and Europe, has improved our understanding of ARF ...
Carapetis, Jonathan R. +2 more
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Pediatric Annals, 2022
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela rheumatic heart disease remain significant causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. When caring for patients originating from a geographic setting where ARF is endemic, a high index of suspicion for ARF is indicated. Early recognition of ARF with the initiation of treatment and
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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela rheumatic heart disease remain significant causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. When caring for patients originating from a geographic setting where ARF is endemic, a high index of suspicion for ARF is indicated. Early recognition of ARF with the initiation of treatment and
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Acute rheumatic fever with chorea [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2012 A 9-year-old girl was admitted for the recent onset of jerky, uncoordinated choreiform uncontrollable body movements that disappeared while sleeping, clumsiness (see supplementary video 1), slurred speech and episodes of uncontrollable crying.She had a history of mild sore throat 4 weeks before, followed after about 10 days by a non-pruritic, painless,
Buonuomo Paola Sabrina +5 more
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Cardiology in the Young, 2020
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, platelet-to-lymphocyte, and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratios in acute rheumatic fever in ...
D. Giray, O. Hallıoglu
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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, platelet-to-lymphocyte, and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratios in acute rheumatic fever in ...
D. Giray, O. Hallıoglu
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Resurgence of Acute Rheumatic Fever
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1987Rheumatic fever has been disappearing in the United States, especially during the past two decades. In the past two years, however, there have been 40 patients seen at the Columbus (Ohio) Children's Hospital diagnosed as having acute rheumatic fever. In marked contrast to the infrequency during the preceding ten years.
Douglas W. Teske +3 more
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