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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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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.
George L. Chesley, William B. Abrams
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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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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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The role of social determinants of health in the risk and prevention of group A streptococcal infection, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: A systematic review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a major disease burden among disadvantaged populations globally. It results from acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a complication of Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infection.
Pasqualina M Coffey, A. Ralph, V. Krause
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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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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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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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