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Treatment adherence and its determinants among the rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease patients during COVID 19 pandemic – A cross sectional study from Chandigarh, India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Background: Rheumatic heart disease/Rheumatic fever is a non – communicable disease being a major neglected health problem. Recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever can have catastrophic outcomes, therefore regular administration of antibiotics is ...
Divya Ilanchoorian, J. S. Thakur, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Ankur K. Jindal, Aravind Gandhi, Vivek Sagar   +5 more
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Study of streptococcal antibody (anti-streptolysin O) among healthy children in Bangladesh

SAGE Open Medicine, 2022
Objectives: The standard reference value of anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titre for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever (RF) in children is yet to be determined in Bangladesh.
Santosh Kumar Saha, Kamrun Nahar Choudhury, Salma Zareen, Sabrina Mousum, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, M Atiqul Haque   +5 more
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Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Rheumatic Fever

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) causes a variety of diseases, from benign self-limiting infections of the skin or throat to lethal infections of soft tissue accompanied by multi-organ failure.
A. Sujhithra, S. Jayanthi, M. Chokkalingam, D. Danis Vijay, R. Vidhya, Sanjay Andrew Rajaratnam   +5 more
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Co-designing an intervention to prevent rheumatic fever in Pacific People in South Auckland: a study protocol

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune condition that occurs in response to an untreated Group A Streptococcus throat or skin infection. Recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever can cause permanent damage to heart valves, heart failure and even death ...
Siobhan Tu’akoi, Malakai Ofanoa, Samuela Ofanoa, Hinamaha Lutui, Maryann Heather, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Bert van der Werf, Felicity Goodyear-Smith   +7 more
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How rare is isolated rheumatic tricuspid valve disease? [PDF]

, 2020
The incidence of rheumatic fever (RF) has markedly decreased in Europe since the beginning of the 20th century due to improved living conditions, early antibiotic therapy in streptococcal pharyngitis, and changes in serotypes of circulating streptococci.
Florescu, Cristina, Istrătoaie, Octavian, Mandia, Roxana, Mustafa, Edme R., Târtea, Georgică C.   +4 more
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The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Medical Journal of Australia, 2020
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) cause significant morbidity and premature mortality among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
A. Ralph, S. Noonan, V. Wade, B. Currie
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Evaluating efficiency and equity of prevention and control strategies for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis

The Lancet Global Health, 2023
Summary: Background: There is a dearth of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of a combination of population-based primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and control strategies for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Jyoti Dixit, PhD, Shankar Prinja, MD, Gaurav Jyani, MPH, Pankaj Bahuguna, PhD, Ankur Gupta, DM, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM, Rajesh Kumar, MD   +6 more
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Contemporary Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Using Linked Data: The Case for Policy Change

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background In 2018, the World Health Organization prioritized control of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), including disease surveillance.
J. Katzenellenbogen, D. Bond-Smith, R. Seth, K. Dempsey, J. Cannon, I. Stacey, V. Wade, N. de Klerk, M. Greenland, F. Sanfilippo, A. Brown, J. Carapetis, R. Wyber, L. Nedkoff, J. Hung, D. Bessarab, A. Ralph   +16 more
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Presentation and outcome of patients managed for Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart disease at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria

Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Rheumatic heart disease occurs as a sequel to acute rheumatic fever. Many cases of acute rheumatic fever, however, go undiagnosed as many patients present with otherwise common symptoms and in the absence of overt carditis may go undetected ...
Aira A. Olorukooba, Mariya A. Garba, Abdullahi Musa, Nazir Hamisu, Hafsat Ibrahim, Kazeem Aliyu   +5 more
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Echocardiographic Parameters, Clinical Profile and Presence of Streptococcus pyogenes Virulent Genes in Pharyngitis and Rheumatic Fever

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Streptococcus pyogenes is a gram positive pathogen causing pharyngitis, mild infections to chronic complications (Rheumatic Heart Disease, RHD). In this study, echocardiographic and clinical profile in pharyngitis, rheumatic fever patients were compared ...
A. Sujhithra, S. Jayanthi, M. Chokkalingam, D. Danisvijay, R. Vidhya, Sanjay Andrew Rajaratnam   +5 more
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