rheumatic fever
THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER
... Combined Rheumatic Fever Study Group: A comparison of the effect of prednisone and acetylsalicylic acid on the incidence of re- sidual rheumatic heart disease. D.: Rheumatic fever and rh[r] ...
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Rheumatic Fever in Children and Adolescents in Hawaii
... vious study period, 1976 to 1980, the present overall prevalence of rheumatic fever in Hawaii has not changed significantly.5 However, the Hawaiian/ part-Hawaiian children have shown a d[r] ...
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Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Physicians Perspective
... Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remain diseases of public health importance despite concerted efforts globally to eradicate them ...Acute rheumatic fever ...
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RHEUMATIC FEVER: THE PROBLEM OF DIAGNOSIS BASED ON INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
... errors in diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in children. H.: Current evaluation of the[r] ...
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URINARY 5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER
... In children with rheumatic heart disease and rheumatic fever, the urinary excretion of a number of tryptophan-nicotinic acid metabolites was normal, with the exception of a reduced indox[r] ...
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The worldwide epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
... Rheumatic fever remains a serious public health prob- lem throughout the world. Despite our major advances in medical technology and understanding, we have not eradicated this disease. While a greater ...
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Rheumatic fever–associated Streptococcus pyogenes isolates aggregate collagen
... Acute rheumatic fever is a serious autoimmune sequel of Streptococcus pyogenes ...of rheumatic fever have the unique capability to bind and aggregate human basement membrane collagen type ...
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THE ROLE OF THE PEDIATRICIAN IN RHEUMATIC FEVER CONTROL
... The second priority, nearly as important, comprises primary pro- phylaxis and the prevention of recurrences in patients with previous rheumatic fever without recognized rheumatic heart d[r] ...
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APPENDECTOMY IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER
... Their clinical and laboratory findings are presented to stress the important role of acute rheumatic fever in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in children.. Moreover, they dem[r] ...
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Acute Rheumatic Fever in Western Pennsylvania and the Tristate Area
... Prompted by the occurrence of 17 cases of acute rheumatic fever in an 18- month period in 1985 and 1986, we reviewed the records of 243 children with acute rheumatic fever who were cared[r] ...
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Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: The Medical Menace in the Muslim Countries
... of rheumatic fever-heart disease in the muslim countries include unsatisfactory improvement in socio-economic conditions, lack of concentrated efforts for prevention, ignorance of the epidemiological ...
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Current Status of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Relationship with Acute Rheumatic Heart Disease at the University Teaching Hospital of Brazzaville (Congo)
... Aim: To determine the epidemiological findings of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and relationship with acute rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Patients and method: This cross sectional study was conducted ...
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IMMUNOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RHEUMATIC FEVER
... The degree of inhibition of enzyme activity by sera from normal children, inactive rheumatic patients and children with active rheumatic fever is presented in Table II (A-D) and Figure 2[r] ...
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THE CONDITION OF INTRACARDIAC HEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER AND CHRONIC RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE
... acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and chronic rheu- matic heart disease (ChRIH) still remain the most widespread cardiovascular diseases in children, teenagers and young age adults, af- fecting annually at least ...
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A COMPARISON OF ORAL AND INTRAMUSCULAR BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G FOR THE PREVENTION OF STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AND RECURRENCES OF RHEUMATIC FEVER
... rent rheumatic fever.. muscular benzathene penicillin in the prophylaxis of streptococcal infection in rheumatic children. : A comparison of in- tramuscular benzathine penicillin and. or[r] ...
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THE EARLY ANEMIA OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER
... The rate of disappearance of the T-1824 dye after intravenous injection into normal subjects and patients with acute rheumatic fever. After[r] ...
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SEROLOGICAL STUDIES IN RHEUMATIC FEVER II SERUM COMPLEMENT IN THE RHEUMATIC STATE
... Total serum complement in rheumatic fever related to the stage of the disease Cases seen before and during acute exacerbation of rheumatic fever Complement after the attack 50 per cent u[r] ...
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Macrolide Treatment Failure in Streptococcal Pharyngitis Resulting in Acute Rheumatic Fever
... Macrolide resistance (MR) in group A Streptococcus (GAS) has been well documented in several countries and has become clinically sig- ni fi cant since the large increases in macrolide usage during the 1970s. Macrolides ...
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Group A Streptococcal Antibodies in Subjects with or without Rheumatic Fever in Areas with High or Low Incidences of Rheumatic Fever
... to rheumatic fever in certain individuals has been ascribed to a number of ...in rheumatic fever susceptibility is an innate state of immune hyperresponsive- ness, particularly to ...
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Pattern of Acute Rheumatic Fever in a Local Teaching Hospital
... Pattern of Acute Rheumatic Fever in a Local Teaching Hospital ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pattern of Acute Rheumatic Fever in a Local Teaching Hospital A Omar, FRCP Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine[.] ...
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