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The rise and fall of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a mini review

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
IntroductionThe incidences of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which were leading causes of death in children in the 1920s, have decreased substantially.
Yunmei Liang, Dingle Yu, Qinghua Lu, Qinghua Lu, Yuejie Zheng, Yonghong Yang, Yonghong Yang   +6 more
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Differential diagnosis and effective therapy for sore throat

Медицинский совет, 2021
Sore throat is a common complaint, which can be caused by a typical viral pharyngitis, or it can be rooted in a life-threatening disease such as epiglottitis or inflammation of the cellular spaces in the throat and neck.
A. L. Guseva, M. L. Derbeneva
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Volatile profiling distinguishes Streptococcus pyogenes from other respiratory streptococcal species

mSphere, 2023
Sore throat is one of the most common complaints encountered in the ambulatory clinical setting. Rapid, culture-independent diagnostic techniques that do not rely on pharyngeal swabs would be highly valuable as a point-of-care strategy to guide ...
Amalia Z. Berna, Joseph A. Merriman, Leah Mellett, Danealle K. Parchment, Michael G. Caparon, Audrey R. Odom John   +5 more
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Single-centre, open-label, randomised, trial to compare rapid molecular point-of-care streptococcal testing to standard laboratory-based testing for the management of streptococcal pharyngitis in children: study protocol

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Streptococcal pharyngitis, which commonly occurs in children, should be treated with antibiotics. Clinical prediction rules to differentiate streptococcal pharyngitis from viral infection are not recommended in children. Rapid point-of-care (
Lehana Thabane, Marek Smieja, Quynh Doan, Jeffrey M Pernica, April J Kam, David M Goldfarb, Sarah Khan, Fiona Smaill, Amy Bartholomew, Melani Sung   +9 more
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Predicting streptococcal pharyngitis in adults in primary care: a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs and validation of the Centor score [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Stratifying patients with a sore throat into the probability of having an underlying bacterial or viral cause may be helpful in targeting antibiotic treatment.
O'Brien Kirsty K, Borislav D Dimitrov, Gavin A Falk, Chan, Wai-Sun, Conor Teljeur (4864684), Wai-Sun Chan (32336), Aalbers Jolien, Fahey Tom, Jolien Aalbers, Chan Wai-Sun, Jolien Aalbers (7944122), Teljeur Conor, Gavin A. Falk (7944125), Aalbers, Jolien, Kirsty K. O'Brien (7943054), Tom Fahey (7896266), Teljeur, Conor, Conor Teljeur, Dimitrov, Borislav D., Tom Fahey, Borislav D. Dimitrov (7942988), Dimitrov Borislav D, Wai-Sun Chan, Fahey, Tom, O'Brien, Kirsty K., Falk Gavin A, Kirsty K O'Brien, Falk, Gavin A.   +27 more
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Superantigenic Activity of emm3 Streptococcus pyogenes Is Abrogated by a Conserved, Naturally Occurring smeZ Mutation [PDF]

, 2012
Streptococcus pyogenes M/emm3 strains have been epidemiologically linked with enhanced infection severity and risk of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), a syndrome triggered by superantigenic stimulation of T cells. Comparison of S.
McGregor, Karen, Davies, F.J., Frances J Davies, Chong, Deborah L. W., McGregor, K., Davies, Frances J., McGregor, K, Leili Farzaneh, Spratt, BG, Leili Farzaneh (130255), Pichon, B., Shiranee Sriskandan, Efstratiou, A, McGregor Karen, Bruno Pichon (130249), Pichon, B, Holden, Matthew T. G., Davies, FJ, Mary Sommerlad, Androulla Efstratiou, Turner, CE, Sommerlad, M, Chong, DLW, Sriskandan Shiranee, Mary Sommerlad (130242), Sommerlad, M., Turner Claire E., Farzaneh, L., Brian G Spratt, Deborah L. W. Chong (130252), Brian G. Spratt (10001), Sriskandan, Shiranee, Holden, M.T., Holden, MTG, Matthew T G Holden, Sriskandan, S., Androulla Efstratiou (130260), Sommerlad Mary, Matthew T. G. Holden (130258), Pichon Bruno, Frances J. Davies (130247), Spratt, B.G., Shiranee Sriskandan (16154), Holden Matthew T. G., Karen McGregor (130245), Chong Deborah L. W., Turner, C.E., Karen McGregor, Sommerlad, Mary, Farzaneh, L, Sriskandan, S, Claire E Turner, Davies Frances J., Pichon, Bruno, Efstratiou, A., Farzaneh, Leili, Spratt Brian G., Claire E. Turner (130239), Spratt, Brian G., Efstratiou, Androulla, Efstratiou Androulla, Chong, D.L., Deborah L W Chong, Bruno Pichon, Farzaneh Leili, Turner, Claire E.   +65 more
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Amigdalite estreptocócica: presunção clínica versus diagnóstico.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2009
Pharyngitis is a very prevalent illness in the ambulatory care setting. Its diagnosis is a challenge, especially in the differentiation between the viric and streptococcal causes.A formulary was made to register the clinical and laboratory data; a throat
Sofia Morais, Andreia Teles, Elmano Ramalheira, José Roseta   +3 more
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Acute bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract: principles of starting etiotropic therapy (agreed position of pediatricians and otorhinolaryngologists)

Лечащий Врач, 2022
In some cases, with acute respiratory infection of viral etiology, children may develop bacterial complications (acute purulent otitis media, acute bacterial sinusitis), which determines the need to prescribe antibiotics as etiotropic drugs. In addition,
A. A. Girina, E. P. Karpova, D. A. Tulupov, I. V. Lepiseva, A. L. Zaplatnikov   +4 more
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The Mysteries of Streptococcal Pharyngitis [PDF]

Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics, 2015
Streptococcal pharyngitis is common in children between 5 and 15 years of age. While there is a “classic” presentation, few patients have all of the characteristic signs and symptoms. Therefore, for those children who present with a sore throat in the absence of other respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion and cough, the best method of ...
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Recurrent group G Streptococcus bacteremia: A case report and literature review

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Streptococci group G is an important opportunistic pathogen and causes a wide variety of infections, including pharyngitis, skin and soft tissue infections, bacteremia, endocarditis, septic arthritis, intra‐abdominal infections, meningitis, and ...
Haider Ghazanfar, Zaheer Qureshi, Harika Kalangi, Subhan Ata, Abhilasha Jyala, Esther Arguello Perez   +5 more
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