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  1. 26-12-2023 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    Current Clinical Profile of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Recurrent Acute Rheumatic Fever in Pakistan

    Inclusion of echocardiography as diagnostic tool and polyarthralgia and monoarthritis as major criteria for high-risk populations in the Revised Jones Criteria 2015 is likely to surface substantial variability in clinical manifestations among …

  2. Open Access 04-12-2023 | Tuberculosis | OriginalPaper

    Position statement on infection screening, prophylaxis, and vaccination of pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases and immunosuppressive therapies, part 3: precautions in situations of surgery, fever, and opportunistic infections

    The objective of this study is to provide practical recommendations on the management of pediatric patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases receiving immunosuppressive therapies. The recommendations specifically address the cases of …

  3. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    Rheumatic fever in a developed country – is it still relevant? A retrospective, 25 years follow-up

    Rheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory process triggered by group A beta hemolytic streptococcal (GAS) tonsillopharyngitis [ 1 ]. Diagnosis depends on the presence of two major Jones criteria or one major and two minor criteria, with the …

  4. 11-08-2021 | Pharyngitis

    Burden of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis, Rheumatic Fever, and Rheumatic Heart Disease in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Streptococcus pyogenes , also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is accountable for 15%–30% of pharyngitis cases among children and 10% among adults [ 1 ]. For decades, acute rheumatic

  5. 01-04-2020 | Pharyngitis | ReviewPaper

    Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children

    Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequelae, Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), contribute significantly to the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Generally considered a disease of poverty and poor socio-economic …

  6. 11-02-2023 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    Genetic Evidence Supporting Causal Roles of mTOR-Dependent Proteins in Rheumatic Fever: A Two-Sample Randomized Mendelian Study

    Rheumatic fever (RF) is a pathological autoimmune response to throat infection with group A Streptococcus (GAS) [ 1 ]. The illness is characterized by various combinations of joint pain and swelling, cardiac valvular regurgitation with the …

  7. Open Access 01-12-2019 | Pharyngitis | OriginalPaper

    Understanding group A streptococcal pharyngitis and skin infections as causes of rheumatic fever: protocol for a prospective disease incidence study

  8. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    A community-based program to reduce acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in northern Australia

    In northern Australia, Aboriginal peoples suffer the highest documented burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in the world with an age-standardised rate of initial ARF of 71.9 per 100,000 population among Indigenous Australians, compared with 0.60 …

  9. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    Chorea as the presenting feature of acute rheumatic fever in childhood; case reports from a low-prevalence European setting

    Sydenham chorea (SC) represents the most common cause of acquired chorea in childhood [ 1 , 2 ] and it is one of the major criteria for acute rheumatic fever (ARF) [ 1 , 3 ]. SC is clearly related to Streptococcus pyogenes infection, and it is …

  10. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    Co-designing an intervention to prevent rheumatic fever in Pacific People in South Auckland: a study protocol

    Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune condition that occurs in response to an untreated Group A streptococcal (GAS) throat or skin infection, primarily affecting children aged 4–19 years [ 1 ]. Recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever can lead to rheumatic

  11. 01-09-2015 | OriginalPaper

    Rheumatic Fever: What is New?

    Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) continues to be a major cause of death in developing countries. Recent publications summarised in this review highlight several potential markers suggestive of a diagnosis of ARF including many genetic polymorphisms.

  12. Open Access 01-12-2019 | Rheumatic Fever | OriginalPaper

    Efficacy of an incentive intervention on secondary prophylaxis for young people with rheumatic fever: a multiple baseline study

    While acute rheumatic fever (RF) has declined to near zero in most developed countries, it persists in New Zealand (NZ) with 168 new hospitalizations in 2018 (3.6/100,000) [ 1 ]. RF is a barometer of equity and its burden almost exclusively falls …

  13. Open Access 01-12-2018 | OriginalPaper

    MBL2 gene polymorphism rs1800450 and rheumatic fever with and without rheumatic heart disease: an Egyptian pilot study

    Globally, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is still the leading cause of acquired heart disease among the young [ 1 ]. Many echocardiographic screening studies put the prevalence of RHD at 8–57 out of 1000 children meaning that the prevalence may rest …

  14. 01-11-2004 | OriginalPaper

    Acute Rheumatic Fever in Children

    Recognition and Treatment

    Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an inflammatory disease of the heart, joints, CNS, and subcutaneous tissue that develops after a pharyngeal infection by one of the group A β-hemolytic streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes). The pathogenesis of the …

  15. 01-04-2019 | OriginalPaper

    Utility of Detecting sof Gene as Evidence of Streptococcus pyogenes Infection in Acute Rheumatic Fever

  16. 01-05-2000 | OriginalPaper

    Rheumatic fever: a preventable and treatable public health problem

  17. 01-04-1999 | OriginalPaper

    Current Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Rheumatic Fever

    Rheumatic fever is a multisystem inflammatory disease that occurs as a delayed sequelae to group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The important clinical manifestations are migratory polyarthritis, carditis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules and erythema …

  18. Open Access 01-02-2017 | ReviewPaper

    Group A Streptococcus, Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical Considerations

    Early recognition of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and appropriate management with benzathine penicillin using local clinical prediction rules together with validated rapi-strep testing when available should be incorporated in primary health …

  19. Open Access 01-12-2016 | OriginalPaper

    Sharing success – understanding barriers and enablers to secondary prophylaxis delivery for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

    RF is an auto-immune condition caused by earlier infection with group-A streptococcus (GAS), a common bacterium associated with throat and skin infections [ 1 ]. RF is associated with fever and inflammation of the skin (rash), joints (arthritis) …

  20. 01-01-2017 | OriginalPaper

    Acute rheumatic fever outbreak in southern central European country

    A decline in the incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in developed countries over the past century can be attributed to the improved public hygiene and to widespread use of antibiotics. ARF seemed to be a rare disease in southern central …

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