ASO, ASK and ADNase-B values in rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease and other infections by hemolytic streptococcus.

Immunologic Factors in Acute Rheumatic Fever Compared to Rheumatic Heart Disease

Background/Objective: To clarify the state of different immunologic factors in patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) compared to healthy individuals.Patients and Methods: Patients with ARF (#21), patients with RHD six months after the onset of ARF (#19), and healthy children from the same age group with normal physical examination and no history of pharyngi...

Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Rheumatic heart disease poses a major challenge to public health and is the most prevalent heart disease in children. The major determinants of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor housing, and a shortage of health-care resources. Although cost-effective strategies for the prevention and control of these diseases are available, they remain un...

VI. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Streptococcus and rheumatic fever.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To give an overview of the current hypotheses of the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever and group A streptococcal autoimmune sequelae of the heart valve and brain. RECENT FINDINGS Human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) derived from rheumatic heart disease have provided evidence for crossreactive autoantibodies that target the dominant group A streptococcal epitope of the group A ca...

Prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India.