Group a streptococcal diseases and their global burden

AP Ralph, JR Carapetis - Host-pathogen interactions in streptococcal …, 2012‏ - Springer
Group A streptococcus (GAS) or Streptococcus pyogenes has been recognised as an
important human pathogen since early days of modern microbiology, and it remains among …

Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis and pharyngeal carriage: a meta-analysis

J Oliver, E Malliya Wadu, N Pierse… - PLoS neglected …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Objective Antibiotic treatment of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis is important in
acute rheumatic fever (ARF) prevention, however clinical guidelines for prescription vary …

Revision of the Jones Criteria for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in the era of Doppler echocardiography: a scientific statement from the American Heart …

MH Gewitz, RS Baltimore, LY Tani, CA Sable… - Circulation, 2015‏ - ahajournals.org
Background—Acute rheumatic fever remains a serious healthcare concern for the majority of
the world's population despite its decline in incidence in Europe and North America. The …

Group A streptococcus, acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: epidemiology and clinical considerations

LJ Zühlke, A Beaton, ME Engel… - … treatment options in …, 2017‏ - Springer
Opinion statement Early recognition of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and appropriate
management with benzathine penicillin using local clinical prediction rules together with …

[HTML][HTML] Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

D Sika-Paotonu, A Beaton, A Raghu, A Steer… - 2017‏ - europepmc.org
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) results from the body's autoimmune response to a throat
infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as the group A Streptococcus …

The 2015 revision of the Jones criteria for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever: implications for practice in low-income and middle-income countries

A Beaton, J Carapetis - Heart Asia, 2015‏ - heartasia.bmj.com
The Jones criteria has longed served as the primary guideline for diagnosing acute
rheumatic fever (ARF). However, since the first iteration in 1944, the global epidemiology of …

Streptococcal pharyngitis in children: to treat or not to treat?

D Van Brusselen, E Vlieghe, P Schelstraete… - European journal of …, 2014‏ - Springer
Controversy remains about the need for antibiotic therapy of group A streptococcal (GAS)
pharyngitis in high-resource settings. Guidelines on the management of GAS pharyngitis …

Sydenham's chorea

F Cardoso - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Sydenham's chorea (SC) is the neurologic expression of acute rheumatic fever (ARF).
Despite the declining incidence of ARF worldwide, it remains the most common cause of …

Acute rheumatic fever and exposure to poor housing conditions in New Zealand: A descriptive study

JR Oliver, N Pierse, N Stefanogiannis… - … of Paediatrics and …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an important public health problem in low‐and middle‐
income countries and in certain populations in high‐income countries. Indigenous …

[HTML][HTML] Acute Rheumatic Fever

MDS Chowdhury, CA Koziatek, M Rajnik - StatPearls [Internet], 2023‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Correlate the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of acute rheumatic fever with
common presenting clinical symptoms. Identify patients with acute rheumatic fever based on …