Eradication of Rheumatic Fever

Eradication of rheumatic fever: an unfulfilled hope.

SUMMARY Rheumatic heart disease is considered one of the few forms of chronic heart disease which can be effectively prevented today. Yet the incidence of rheumatic fever is still appreciable and the complacency of many physicians and public health officials in regard to the rheumatic fever problem is unwarranted. It is timely, therefore, to reexamine the question of whether this disease can in...

Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatic Fever in Children

Sur 2601 admissions, chez 113 enfants at­teints de la maladie de Bouillaud, hospitalises en cinq ans dans deux services de pediatrie de Te­heran (C.H.U. de Pahlavi, C.H.U. de Logman­doleh Adham) 6 cas de manifestations cutanees  (trois cas de nodules, trois cas d'erytheme mar­ginatum) ont ete constates, trois d'entre eux souffrant d'une cardite severe et evolutive.  En Iran !'incidence des si...

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A Case Report of Recurrent Rheumatic Fever: Considerations and Comments

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a prevalent healthcare problem in the developing countries. Recurrence of this disorder is often observed in childhood and adolescence. RF can mimic the presentations of infective endocarditis, and clinicians are not really familiar with this issue. Herein, we present a case of recurrent acute rheumatic fever in a patient suspicious of acute bacterial endocarditis due to...

Prophylaxis of rheumatic fever.