The strep bacteria seems to trick the immune system into attacking certain body tissues, which causes the fever. The resulting inflammation can cause long-term problems, including rheumatic heart ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2 Department of Statistics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Correspondence to: Dr Zilda M Alves Meira ...

Herewith is presented an interim report on a long-term study of 1000 patients followed since their childhood rheumatism. The dominant role of rheumatic recurrences and the fatal features are reviewed.

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and the related rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are autoimmune diseases thought to be triggered by group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis. RHD is a leading cause of ...

bristol.ac.uk Objective To present a structured approach for an outpatient consultation or inpatient assessment of a child with possible rheumatic fever. Method Review of ... of established ...

OBJECTIVES Reactive joint complications triggered by salmonella gastroenteritis are increasingly reported, but the outcome and long term prognosis of the patients is incompletely known. This study ...

This autoimmune condition arises from a complex continuum that begins with repeated Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, leading to acute rheumatic fever (ARF ... This autoimmune response may lead ...

Rheumatic (pronounced roo-MAT-ik) heart disease is a condition in which rheumatic fever damaged the heart. Typically, this long-term damage happens to the ... We provide care to prevent problems and ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a ... the risk of Reye’s syndrome causing fulminant hepatic failure and death in children has decreased its use. Long-term therapy with penicillin is recommended ...

The survival rate of catastrophic APS is about 50%, but the long term outcome of patients who survive is unknown ... Nine (16%) patients died: due to multiple organ failure (three patients); ...

Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions are vulnerable to long term opioid use, with up to 1 in 3 of those with rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia potentially at risk, suggest ...

We previously reported our experience with anti-TNF agent usage in eight HIV positive patients with rheumatic diseases in 2008.6 Few case reports published since that time have reported long-term ...