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- Rheumatic fever is a disease that may develop after an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria (such as ... Rheumatic fever is still common in countries that have a lot of poverty and poor health systems. It ...
- ... such as for cancer treatment). Another cause is rheumatic fever. This condition can develop after strep throat or ... for 5 to 10 years or longer after rheumatic fever occurs. Rheumatic fever is rare in the United ...
- Streptococcal Infections (National Library of Medicine)Strep is short for Streptococcus, a type of bacteria. There are several types. Two of them cause most of the strep infections in people: group A and group ...
- Rheumatic Fever (Texas Heart Institute)Rheumatic fever can damage body tissues by causing them to swell. Most times, rheumatic fever leads to scarring of the heart's valves.
- ... A streptococcus. This is the bacteria that causes rheumatic fever (RF) and strep throat . Group A streptococcus bacteria ... 379. Shulman ST, Jaggi P. Nonsuppurative poststreptococcal sequelae: rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser ...
- What about My Child and Rheumatic Fever? (American Heart Association) - PDFStreptococcal Infections/Children ... Streptococcal Infections ... American Heart Association ... PDF
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Rheumatic Fever (National Institutes of Health)Streptococcal Infections/Clinical Trials ... Streptococcal Infections ... National Institutes of Health ... From the National Institutes of Health
- ... throat infections. It also is used to prevent rheumatic fever (a serious condition that may develop after a ... three times a day). For the prevention of rheumatic fever, it is usually taken twice a day. The ...
- ... infections. It also is used to prevent recurrent rheumatic fever. Erythromycin is in a class of medications called ...
- ... occurs most often in people who have had rheumatic fever. This is a disease that can develop after ... 5 to 10 years or more after having rheumatic fever. Symptoms may not show up for even longer. ...