Group A Streptococcus, Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical Considerations
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DOI: 10.1007/s11936-017-0513-y
Abstract: Opinion statementEarly 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 care. A directed… read more here.
Keywords: heart; acute rheumatic; group; rheumatic fever ... See more keywords
The analysis of the effects of acute rheumatic fever in childhood on cardiac disease with data mining
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2018.12.009
Abstract: BACKGROUND Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an important disease that is frequently seen in Turkey, it is necessary to develop solutions to cure the disease. It is believed that new data analysis methods may be… read more here.
Keywords: data mining; acute rheumatic; analysis; rheumatic fever ... See more keywords
Environmental and social determinants of acute rheumatic fever: a longitudinal cohort study
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DOI: 10.1017/s0950268818003527
Abstract: Abstract Acute rheumatic fever (ARF), an auto-immune response to a group A Streptococcus infection and precursor to rheumatic heart disease (RHD), remains endemic in many socio-economically disadvantaged settings. A Global Resolution on ARF and RHD… read more here.
Keywords: environmental social; acute rheumatic; rheumatic fever; cohort ... See more keywords
Beyond first-degree heart block in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever
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DOI: 10.1017/s104795111900026x
Abstract: Abstract Objectives: First-degree heart block is a minor manifestation of acute rheumatic fever. Second and third degree heart block and junctional rhythms occur less commonly. We report patients presenting with these latter three electrocardiographic abnormalities… read more here.
Keywords: acute rheumatic; block; rheumatic fever; degree heart ... See more keywords
Acute rheumatic fever: 10-year single-center experience: clinical and laboratory findings, with subclinical carditis and treatment complications.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047951121003528
Abstract: BACKGROUND Acute rheumatic fever in childhood continues to cause serious morbidity despite all developments. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with acute rheumatic fever and to… read more here.
Keywords: fever; treatment; acute rheumatic; subclinical carditis ... See more keywords
Breastfeeding does not protect against the development of carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047951122001834
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Acute rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease that develops due to streptococcal infection. The positive effect of breastfeeding on the development of the child's immune system is well documented. In this study, we aimed… read more here.
Keywords: development carditis; acute rheumatic; rheumatic fever;
Atrial Fibrillation 50 Years After Acute Rheumatic Fever as the First Manifestation of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
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DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2017.11929600
Abstract: A 56-year-old woman had a history of acute rheumatic fever with polyarthritis at age 6 years. She had been seen intermittently as an outpatient at our hospital over the past 6 years with systemic arterial… read more here.
Keywords: atrial fibrillation; fibrillation years; years acute; acute rheumatic ... See more keywords
Standardization of Epidemiological Surveillance of Acute Rheumatic Fever
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac252
Abstract: Abstract Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a multiorgan inflammatory disorder that results from the body’s autoimmune response to pharyngitis or a skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A). Acute rheumatic fever mainly affects those… read more here.
Keywords: surveillance; rheumatic fever; acute rheumatic; epidemiological surveillance ... See more keywords
Acute rheumatic fever in adult patients
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029833
Abstract: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is considered as a disorder of children, and attacks in adults are usually a recurrence of disease acquired in the child’s life. Although the incidence of ARF in children has a… read more here.
Keywords: adult patients; adult; disease; rheumatic fever ... See more keywords
Adherence to secondary prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in young people: an 11‐year retrospective study
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DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.13250
Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the secondary prevention of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the Townsville region, Australia. read more here.
Keywords: rheumatic heart; rheumatic fever; secondary prevention; heart disease ... See more keywords
Ventricular dyssynchrony as a marker of latent carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever: A tissue Doppler imaging
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DOI: 10.1111/echo.13720
Abstract: We aimed to investigate the hypothesis that the presence of left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony in children with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) children may be a predictor of latent rheumatic carditis. read more here.
Keywords: ventricular dyssynchrony; children acute; acute rheumatic; rheumatic fever ... See more keywords