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Triple valve infective endocarditis - a late diagnosis [PDF]
, 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
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Egyptian 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
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M-Protein Analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever in New Zealand [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015 D. Williamson +10 more
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Australian 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
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Assessing the evidence for antibiotic management of laboratory-confirmed <i>Streptococcus A</i> skin infections to prevent acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review. [PDF]
IJID RegLeong TD +7 more
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Australian 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
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Rheumatic heart disease in Tennessee: An overlooked diagnosis
SAGE 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
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Ressurgimento da febre reumática. Novas causas ou velhas atitudes?
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1996 Bearing in mind that in the last years there has been an increase in rheumatic fever episodes, the authors evaluate the cases recently observed in the department.
M J Brito +9 more
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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]
, 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
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Rheumatic Fever: A Disease without Color
Arquivos 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
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