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A brief review on Group A Streptococcus pathogenesis and vaccine development [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS), is a Gram-positive human-exclusive pathogen, responsible for more than 500 000 deaths annually worldwide. Upon infection, GAS commonly triggers mild symptoms such as pharyngitis, pyoderma
Sowmya Ajay Castro, Helge C. Dorfmueller   +1 more
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Antibiotics for sore throat [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Sore throat is a very common reason for people to present for medical care. Although it remits spontaneously, primary care doctors commonly prescribe antibiotics for it.
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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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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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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 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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HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease among clinically homogeneous patients in children in Latvia [PDF]

, 2003
Genetic control of immune reactions has a major role in the development of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and differs between patients with rheumatic fever (RF).
Eglite, Jelena, Gardovska, Dace, Shantere, Ruta, Sochnevs, Arturs, Stanevicha, Valda, Zavadska, Dace   +5 more
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Uncontrollable movements of right upper and lower extremities in a child: A diagnostic puzzle

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
We describe a case of a 9‐year‐old child who presented with uncontrollable, involuntary movements associated with a recent streptococcal infection and echocardiographic evidence of valvulitis.
Rucha Patki, Raquelle Douglas, Natalia Rimareva, Noah Kondamudi   +3 more
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Tenascin-C: as a diagnostic biomarker for rheumatic heart disease

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2023
Background Rheumatic fever is a long-term inflammatory disease that can happen if group A beta-hemolytic streptococci bacteria are not treated well enough.
Maha M. A. Abo-Hashish, Azza Mohamed Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Hegazi, Naglaa Abdel Rahman Mosaad, Mona Hammed Ibrahim, Nagwan Yehia Abdel Salam   +5 more
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Acute Jaundice in a Six-year-old: An Unusual Presentation of Atypical Kawasaki Disease [PDF]

, 2020
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare vasculitis of childhood that is critical to recognize and treat due to associated morbidity and mortality. A six-year-old male presented to our emergency department (ED) afebrile but with reported recent fevers.
Bylund, LCDR William, Morrison Ponce, LCDR Daphne, Zarow, Gregory J.   +2 more
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