Rheumatic fever represents an autoimmune disease following infection with group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), one of the most ubiquitous human pathogens. The disease is characterized by ...

Painful monthly penicillin injections could be a thing of the past as Griffith University researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of New England, are investigating the ...

RHEUMATIC fever has been generally regarded as a disease principally affecting children, and its occurrence in adults has as a consequence been more or less ignored. The high incidence of this disease ...

University of Otago-led research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections of the skin. Their ...

Although early and adequate treatment of streptococcal infections will reduce the occurrence of rheumatic fever with its potentially dangerous sequelae, greatest efforts have been concerned with the ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) prophylaxis refers to preventive measures that a doctor may take to stop a recurrence of ARF. These measures involve administering antibiotics to prevent infection. ARF is ...

Risk factors for developing rheumatic fever (RF) in patients with sore throat (ST) in endemic areas include a positive group A streptococcal (GAS) swab, history of previous RF, and a cardiac murmur.

A review found rheumatic conditions cause 22.2% of global cases of fever and inflammation of unknown origin. Rheumatic conditions are a common cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and inflammation ...

Infection with group A streptococcus bacteria (strep A) leads to a wide array of diseases. These range from uncomplicated infections such as strep throat (tonsillitis) and skin sores (impetigo), ...

Rheumatic fever, which is typically referred to as acute rheumatic fever, represents a delayed and non-suppurative consequence of a pharyngeal infection with the group A streptococcus. Group A ...

“Acute rheumatic fever is proceeded by an infection with Group A strep” is a mantra that all health care workers know. This episode digs through the history of how we came to understand this fact, as ...

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