Soc Sci Med
Beyond awareness: Towards a critically conscious health promotion for rheumatic fever in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Anderson A, Spray J
Since 2014, the Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme has targeted communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand affected by high rates of rheumatic fever (RF): ...
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Vaccine 2020 Jan 24
Live attenuated MMR/V booster vaccines in children with rheumatic diseases on immunosuppressive therapy are safe: Multicenter, retrospective data collection.
Uziel Y, Moshe V, Onozo B, Kulcsár A, Tróbert-Sipos D, Akikusa JD, Salviato Pileggi G, Maritsi D, Kasapcopur O, Rodrigues M, Smerla R, Rigante D, Makay B, Atsali E, Wulffraat N, Toplak N
To collect retrospective data of patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and other rheumatic diseases who received live attenuated booster m ...
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Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2020 Jan 27
Pediatrician's approach to diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
Di Muzio I, d'Angelo DM, Di Battista C, Lapergola G, Zenobi I, Marzetti V, Breda L, Altobelli E
Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis is responsible for 20-30% of pharyngitis cases in children (Shulman et al. Clin Infect Dis 55(10):e86-e102, 20 ...
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J Pediatr Intensive Care
Pulmonary Edema in the Acute Stage of Rheumatic Fever Treated with Double-Valve Replacement in a Pediatric Patient.
Yozgat Y, Uzuner S, Yesilbas O, Ogur M, Yakut K, Yozgat CY, Temur HO, Ay Y
Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) is a rare clinical condition of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in the early stage. Generally, CPE can be convalesced by ...
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Int. J. Infect. Dis. 2020 Jan 20
Prevalence of Group A ß-hemolytic Streptococcal Throat Carriage and Prospective Pilot Surveillance of Streptococcal Sore Throat in Ugandan School Children.
DeWyer A, Scheel A, Webel AR, Longenecker CT, Kamarembo J, Aliku T, Engel ME, Bowen AC, Bwanga F, Hovis I, Chang A, Sarnacki R, Sable C, Dale JB, Carapetis J, Rwebembera J, Okello E, Beaton A
Group A ß-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS), also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, is responsible for an annual 600 million cases of acute pharyngitis glo ...
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