Rheumatic Fever in the Punjab

Clinical Evidence of Rheumatic Fever in the Punjab

A Case Report of Recurrent Rheumatic Fever: Considerations and Comments

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a prevalent healthcare problem in the developing countries. Recurrence of this disorder is often observed in childhood and adolescence. RF can mimic the presentations of infective endocarditis, and clinicians are not really familiar with this issue. Herein, we present a case of recurrent acute rheumatic fever in a patient suspicious of acute bacterial endocarditis due to...

A case of acute rheumatic fever with new criteria, a disease that needs to be considered

Introduction: Acute rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects the large joints. Early treatment of a throat infection following group A streptococcus prevents of acute rheumatic fever. Given the low prevalence of the disease, especially in a situation where there is excessive use of antibiotics in Iran, this study intends to report a patient with Acute rheumatic fever with mi...

Rheumatic Heart Disease *Being an address delivered before the Calcutta Medical Club on the 3rd September, 1940.

By U. P. BASU, m.b., f.r.c.p.i., f.s.m.f. Senior Visiting Physician, Calcutta Medical College Hospitals There was a day in the history of the medical profession "in India when the presence of rheumatic carditis in this sub-continent was denied. Thus, Dr. Wig (1935) quoted Colonel Keats who after 25 years' experience in the Punjab was of opinion that rheumatic fever was practically non-existent ...

Immunologic Factors in Acute Rheumatic Fever Compared to Rheumatic Heart Disease

Background/Objective: To clarify the state of different immunologic factors in patients with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) compared to healthy individuals.Patients and Methods: Patients with ARF (#21), patients with RHD six months after the onset of ARF (#19), and healthy children from the same age group with normal physical examination and no history of pharyngi...