Update on diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever: 2015 Jones criteria [PDF]
Turk Pediatri Arsivi, 2016 In the final Jones criteria, different diagnostic criteria were established for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever for low risk and moderate-high risk populations. Turkey was found to be compatible with moderate-high risk populations as a result of regional screenings performed in terms of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Ayse GÜLER Eroglu
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Proceedings of the Jones Criteria Workshop [PDF]
Circulation, 2002 On April 8 and 9, 2000, the members of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the American Heart Association met with a group of international experts on rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, and streptococcal infections to review guidelines for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever using the Jones criteria ...
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Comparative Performance of Modified Kenneth Jones Criteria Scoring, World Health Organization Criteria, and Antibodies in Lymphocyte Supernatant for Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Severely Malnourished Children Presenting With Pneumonia [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 Background: The diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis (TB) can be difficult in severely malnourished children. This is mainly due to the fact of our perceived notion that clinical signs of TB are often subtle in severely malnourished children and we may ...
Mohammod Jobayer Chisti +14 more
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Specificity of the Modified Jones Criteria
PediatricsThe Jones criteria have been the gold standard for acute rheumatic fever (ARF) diagnosis since 1944. In response to data revealing that these criteria lacked sensitivity in regions in which rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is endemic, in 2015, the American Heart Association published revisions that included separate criteria for high-risk settings ...
Fall Ndate, Okello Emmy, Sable Craig
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Myocarditis Following Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection: Important Differential Diagnostic Distinctions [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesNonrheumatic streptococcal pharyngitis−associated myocarditis presents as acute myocarditis within days of Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis, typically resolving with antibiotics and minimal sequelae.
Jonathan M. Oxman +3 more
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Textured vs. Smooth Breast Implants Using the Jones Criteria—What Is the Currently Available Evidence for BIA-ALCL?: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023 Andrzej Hecker +2 more
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Use of the Jones Criteria in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in an Australian rural setting [PDF]
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2005 To answer the question, are the Jones Criteria being used appropriately in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) by non-specialist medical staff in a remote Australian setting?The medical records of all patients discharged from Katherine Hospital (Northern Territory) with a diagnosis of ARF between January 2000 and April 2004 were ...
Bart J Currie
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Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2017 Rheumatic fever is still currently a prevalent disease, especially in developing countries. Triggered by a Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus infection, the disease may affect genetically predisposed patients.
Breno Álvares de Faria Pereira +2 more
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Whither the Jones Criteria? [PDF]
Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Robert S Baltimore
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The 2015 revision of the Jones criteria for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever: implications for practice in low-income and middle-income countries [PDF]
Heart Asia, 2015 Andrea Beaton, Jonathan R Carapetis
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