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Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can result from a single severe episode or from multiple recurrent episodes of the illness, is known as rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and is a notable cause of ...
Jonathan R, Carapetis, Andrea, Beaton, Madeleine W, Cunningham, Luiza, Guilherme, Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Bongani M, Mayosi, Craig, Sable, Andrew, Steer, Nigel, Wilson, Rosemary, Wyber, Liesl, Zühlke   +10 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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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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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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The Ballistocardiogram in Acute Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

Circulation, 1954
Sixty-four ballistocardiograms were obtained on a portable equalized electromagnetic ballistocardiograph from 18 young adult males with acute rheumatic fever. Thirteen of these subjects had clinical findings suggestive of heart involvement and five did not. Abnormal records were obtained from only one patient in each group.
W B, ABRAMS, G L, CHESTLEY
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Acute Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

Circulation, 2010
We present images of an 8-year-old child with a fever for the preceding 45 days, migratory polyarthralgia involving large joints, and progressively worsening dyspnea on exertion. Examination revealed subcutaneous nodules over the bony prominences of the spine, scapulae, forehead, extensor surfaces of bilateral elbow joints and knee joints, ankles, and ...
Anil Kumar, Singhi, Prashant, Bobhate, Mahesh, Kappanayil   +2 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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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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Review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians [PDF]

, 2013
This review is intended to provide an authoritative, up-to-date account of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous people.PrefaceThis review of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians ...
Caitlin Gray, Neil Thomson
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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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