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How Many Doses Make a Difference? An Analysis of Secondary Prevention of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
Background Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease cause substantial burdens worldwide. Long‐term antibiotic secondary prophylaxis is used to prevent disease progression, but evidence for benefits of different adherence levels is limited.
J. D. de Dassel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Erythema marginatum: an uncommon presentation of acute rheumatic fever in a Nigerian adolescent girl—a case report

open access: yesEgyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2021
Background Erythema marginatum is an uncommon presentation in children with acute rheumatic fever and it is one of the major criteria needed to make a diagnosis. It is seen in less than 10% of cases. It is also reported to be difficult to detect in black-
Barakat Adeola Animasahun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cluster of acute rheumatic fever cases among Aboriginal Australians in a remote community with high baseline incidence

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2019
Objectives: We report a cluster of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) cases and the public health response in a high‐burden Australian setting.
J. Francis   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Behcet\u27s disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology with cardiac involvement as well as damage to other organs. Whether the sterile valvular inflammation which occurs in this autoimmune disease predisposes to bacterial adhesion and ...
Barbulescu, Andreea L.   +10 more
core   +7 more sources

Mismatches between health service delivery and community expectations in the provision of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic fever in New Zealand

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2019
Objective: Rheumatic fever (RF) recurrence prevention requires secondary prophylaxis for at least ten years. However, recurrences of rheumatic fever (RRF) persist disproportionately affecting Māori and Pacific youth.
Anneka Anderson   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

HLA class II associations with rheumatic heart disease among clinically homogeneous patients in children in Latvia [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Rheumatic Fever: A Disease without Color

open access: yesArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2019
Background Brazil has approximately 30.000 cases of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) annually. A third of cardiovascular surgeries performed in the country are due to the sequelae of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which is an important public health problem ...
Estevão Tavares de Figueiredo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
On 7 January 2020, researchers isolated and sequenced in China from patients with severe pneumonitis a novel coronavirus, then called SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global health emergency.
Diamanti, A. P.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Rheumatic heart disease in Tennessee: An overlooked diagnosis

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014
Rheumatic heart disease, already a major burden in low- and middle-income countries, is becoming an emerging problem in high-income countries. Although acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease have almost been eradicated in areas with ...
Shahana A Choudhury, Vernat Exil
doaj   +1 more source

Rheumatic fever – new diagnostic criteria

open access: yesRheumatology, 2018
Rheumatic fever (RF) is an autoimmune disease associated with group A β-hemolytic streptococcal infection, in the course of which the patient develops carditis, arthritis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules and erythema marginatum. Rheumatic fever diagnosis is
I. Szczygielska   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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