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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Findings of a Hospital-Based Study and an Overview of Reported Outbreaks

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1990
To review the characteristics of reported outbreaks of acute rheumatic fever in the United States, and to determine if there is an increase in the incidence of acute rheumatic fever in the population served by the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ...
Upton D Allen, Michael Braudo, Stanley E Read   +2 more
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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
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Resurgence of rheumatic fever among Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand: A 2010–2023 analysis of hospitalisation data with implications for equity policy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic patterns in acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease hospitalisations in New Zealand (2010–2023), evaluate the impact of public health interventions and ...
Gerard JB. Sonder, Megan Pledger, Philip C. Hill, Debbie Ryan   +3 more
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Incidental histological diagnosis of acute rheumatic carditis: case report and review of the literature.

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2014
Rheumatic fever remains endemic in many countries and frequently causes heart failure due to severe chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease, which requires surgical treatment.
Guilherme S. Spina, Roney O. Sampaio, Carlos Eduardo De Barros Branco, George Barreto Miranda, Vitor Emer Rosa, Flávio eTarasoutchi   +5 more
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A Case Report of Recurrent Rheumatic Fever: Considerations and Comments [PDF]

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2017
Rheumatic fever (RF) is a prevalent healthcare problem in the developing countries. Recurrence of this disorder is often observed in childhood and adolescence.
Ramin Khamene Bagheri, Faeze Keihanian, Mostafa Ahmadi, Samane Hasanzadeh   +3 more
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New guidelines for diagnosis of rheumatic fever; do they apply to all populations?

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background and Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy of recently updated Jones criteria for diagnosis of rheumatic fever in high incidence populations like Egypt. Methods.
Pakinam Abdel Aty-Marzouk, Hala Hamza, Naglaa Mosaad, Soha Emam, Aya M Fattouh, Lamiaa Hamid   +5 more
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A novel case of acute glomerulonephritis with concurrent acute non-rheumatic myocarditis following group a streptococcal infection

Journal of International Medical Research, 2023
Streptococcal infection is a common cause of acute glomerulonephritis. Cardiac damage associated with streptococcal infection commonly occurs in acute rheumatic fever.
Shihui Hou, Jie Yang, Fei Xiao, Huanzi Dai   +3 more
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Antibiotics for the primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever: a meta-analysis

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2005
Background Rheumatic fever continues to put a significant burden on the health of low socio-economic populations in low and middle-income countries despite the near disappearance of the disease in the developed world over the past century.
Volmink Jimmy A, Robertson Katharine A, Mayosi Bongani M   +2 more
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Acute Congestive Heart Failure in a Young WomanNovel Teaching Points

CJC Open, 2021
We describe the case of an adult First Nations woman employed as a daycare worker who presented with clinical symptoms, signs, and imaging suggestive of acute heart failure. In our report, we discuss the likely diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever.
Preston Njaa, MD, Teresa Bree, MD, Jacobus S. De Villiers, MD, Benjamin Leis, MD   +3 more
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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: what's new?

Klinicist, 2023
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable heart disease that remains endemic in developing countries. More than 30 million people in the world suffer from RHD, of which approximately 300,000 die every year, despite the fact that this disease is ...
D. Yu. Andriyashkina, N. A. Shostak, A. V. Aksenova, D. V. Abeldyaev   +3 more
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