Treatment of Rheumatic Fever by Cynara

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...

Rheumatic Fever — Diagnosis and Treatment

Rheumatic Fever: Natural History and Treatment

The label of rheumatic fever is now given to a population of patients more distinct and diagnostically "pure" than ever before. The Jones criteria, described in 1944 and modified in 1956 (American Heart Association, 1956), circumscribe the diagnostic boundaries of the disease, and exclude many minor illnesses that formerly were designated inappropriately as rheumatic fever. Other major illnesse...

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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...