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Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review

Communications Medicine
Background Rheumatic heart disease, the long-term sequel to acute rheumatic fever, remains a prevalent public health problem in Africa and other low to middle-income regions of the world.
Rui Providencia, Ghazaleh Aali, Fang Zhu, Thomas Katairo, Mahmood Ahmad, Jonathan JH Bray, Ferruccio Pelone, Eloi Marijon, Miryan Cassandra, David S. Celermajer, Farhad Shokraneh   +10 more
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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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Coréia de Sydenham: estudo clínico-evolutivo de 53 casos. [PDF]

, 1988
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Pediatria, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis ...
Corrêa Neto, Ylmar
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The psychiatric symptoms of rheumatic fever

, 2000
Objective: This study examined the frequency and age at onset of psychiatric disorders among children with rheumatic fever, Sydenham's chorea, or both and a comparison group.Method: Twenty children With rheumatic fever, 22 with Sydenham's chorea, and 20 ...
Kiss, Maria H., Marques-Dias, Maria J., Miguel, Euripedes C., Rosario-Campos, Maria Conceicao do [UNIFESP], Valle, Raquel do, Mercadante, Marcos Tomanik [UNIFESP], Prado, Lisia, Leckman, James F., Busatto Filho, Geraldo [UNIFESP], Lombroso, Paul J.   +9 more
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Expert Perspective: Toward Treat‐to‐Target Management in Adult Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Treat‐to‐target (T2T) has transformed the management of several rheumatic diseases through predefined therapeutic goals, structured disease assessment, and timely treatment adjustment. Despite major advances in the understanding and treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), a formal T2T framework for adult IIM has not yet been established.
Shiri Keret, Nantakarn Pongtarakulpanit, Rohit Aggarwal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sydenham’s Chorea as the Sole Presenting Symptom of Acute Rheumatic Fever in a 14-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Background: Rheumatic chorea is an uncommon but time-honored neurological manifestation of acute rheumatic fever that usually presents weeks to months after an untreated streptococcal pharyngitis.
Omar Nashwan, Ziad W. Elmezayen, Bassel Alrabadi, Natalie Bandak, Mohammad Adi   +4 more
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Repeated intradermal lipopolysaccharide challenge responses in healthy volunteers: Implications for clinical pharmacology studies

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Intradermal application of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a Toll‐like receptor 4 agonist, induces a local inflammatory response and is used as a human challenge model to evaluate the pharmacodynamics of investigational medicinal products. While currently applied in a single, parallel‐group setting, alternative within‐subject designs involving repeated ...
Alexandra A. J. Sillé, Juliette A. van den Noort, Iva Lelios, Diana R. Pereira, Marzia A. Scelsi, Erica S. Klaassen, Philipp Schoenenberger, Naomi B. Klarenbeek, Pierre‐Eric Juif, Pascal Espie, Manon A. A. Jansen, Matthijs Moerland, Richard W. D. Welford   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Kosovo, Evaluation of the Long-Term Results [PDF]

, 2016
Background. Rheumatic fever, also known as acute rheumatic fever (ARF), is an inflammatory disease that can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain.[1] The disease typically develops two to four weeks after a throat infection.[2] Signs and symptoms ...
Berisha, Idriz, Bejiqi, Hana, Retkoceri, Arber, Bejiqi, Rinor R., Bejiqi, Ramush A., Retkoceri, Ragip   +5 more
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Do consumers and healthcare professionals report the same adverse event differently? A paired analysis of duplicate vaccine safety reports in Norway

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This study aimed to compare how Norwegian healthcare professionals (HCPs) and consumers reported the same adverse event (AE) following immunization with vaccines against COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Specifically, we aimed to compare the extent to which HCPs and consumers reported information relevant for assessing the causal relationship ...
Tommy Emil Dzus, Johaina Sarrage, Hilde Samdal, François Montastruc, Elena Rocca   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rheumatic heart disease in the setting of lupus anticoagulant antibodies without history of rheumatic fever

Journal of Rare Diseases
Background Although known cross-reactivity between molecules of β2GPI and m-protein may promote cardiac damage, the correlation between lupus anticoagulant antibodies and rheumatic heart disease is not well understood.
Lauren Morrison, Thomas Moccia
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