Group A Beta Hemolytic Streptococci and Rheumatic Fever in Miami, Fla.: A Preliminary Report

Group A beta hemolytic streptococci and rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. III. Bacteriologic observations on beta hemolytic streptococci other than group A.

Epidemiology of group-A beta-hemolytic streptococci as related to acute rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. A six-year study.

EPISODES of acute rheumatic fever are believed to be triggered by infections with group-A /3-hemolytic streptococei, 10 to 35 days prior to the rheumatic complication. However, both rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are infrequent in Miami, Florida.1' 2 If the incidence rate of rheumatic disease depends on the frequeney of group A streptococei, the low rheumatic rate in Miamni should ...

Group A beta hemolytic streptococci and rheumatic fever in Miami, Florida. I. Bacteriologic observations from October 1954 through May 1955.

Non-hemolytic Streptococci and Acute Rheumatic Fever

1. Blood cultures from 25 cases of acute rheumatic fever were negative for non-hemolytic streptococci of both the alpha and gamma types. 2. Non-hemolytic (gamma type) streptococci were frequently recovered from the throats of patients with this disease. 3. Similar organisms were recovered just as frequently from the throats of normal individuals. 4. Although these non-hemolytic streptococci wer...

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...