A total of70 children aged 6 to 15 years with rheumatic fever and completed
in-hospital data were reviewed from 19XX to 1993. In 5X.6% of patients this was
the first attack of disease, while in 41.4'10 the episode represented a recurrence.
Noncompliance of antimicrobial prophylaxis was noted in all of the subjects with
recurrences. 61.4% of cases gave a previous history of sore throat, and ...