Acute rheumatic fever

JR Carapetis, M McDonald, NJ Wilson - The Lancet, 2005‏ - thelancet.com
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its chronic sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have
become rare in most affluent populations, but remain unchecked in develo** countries …

Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis: what is it and how do we know?

SL Mackie, A Keat - Rheumatology, 2004‏ - academic.oup.com
Objective. To find out whether poststreptococcal reactive arthritis (PSRA) is a discrete,
homogeneous clinical syndrome. Method. Literature review from case reports and case …

[PDF][PDF] Phenolics, their antioxidant and antimicrobial activity in dark germinated fenugreek sprouts in response to peptide and phytochemical elicitors.

R Randhir, YT Lin, K Shetty, YT Lin - Asia Pacific journal of clinical …, 2004‏ - apjcn.qdu.edu.cn
The phenylpropanoid pathway (PPP) was stimulated in fenugreek sprouts through the
pentose phosphate and shikimate pathway, by natural elicitors such as Fish Protein …

Rheumatic fever in children younger than 5 years: is the presentation different?

LY Tani, LG Veasy, LLA Minich, RE Shaddy - Pediatrics, 2003‏ - publications.aap.org
Objective. To review our experience with children who presented with rheumatic fever (RF)
before 5 years of age and to compare their presentation with that of older children. Methods …

Rheumatic heart disease: infectious disease origin, chronic care approach

JM Katzenellenbogen, AP Ralph, R Wyber… - BMC health services …, 2017‏ - Springer
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an
infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings. Affected …

Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: clinical profile of 550 cases in India

MS Ravisha, MS Tullu, JR Kamat - Archives of medical research, 2003‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aims and objectives of this paper were to analyze the clinical
presentation of children with rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), to …

[HTML][HTML] Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Bangladesh: a review

AKMM Islam, AAS Majumder - Indian heart journal, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are the most-common
cardiovascular disease in young people aged< 25 years, globally. They are important …

Pragmatic scoring system for pharyngitis in low-resource settings

L Joachim, D Campos Jr, PR Smeesters - Pediatrics, 2010‏ - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to develop an easy, safe, pragmatic, clinical scoring system
that would allow decreases in unnecessary treatment with antimicrobial agents in low …

The primary prevention of rheumatic fever

M Kerdemelidis, DR Lennon, B Arroll… - … of paediatrics and …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rheumatic fever (RF), caused by untreated group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, is a
major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout much of the less developed world and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Bangladeshi children

MM Zaman, SR Choudhury, S Rahman, J Ahmed - Indian heart journal, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Background Recent prevalence data on rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease
(RHD) are lacking in Bangladeshi population. Aim We have done this national level cross …