Background: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a non-suppurative inflammatory disease that develops after group A Beta hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis, primarily involving the heart, joint, central nervous system, skin and subcutaneous tissue. Today, Jones criteria; were modified in 2015, are used for diagnosis. Our aim this study to examine patients diagnosed with acute our clinic presented en...

A 38 year old Caucasian lady presented with a history of vague ill health, raised ESR and prolonged P-R interval on ECG. These features became normal within a week. Contrary to the usual presentation, this patient developed fleeting arthritis, one of the major diagnostic features of rheumatic fever, towards the end of her illness. It is important to recognise such variants of rheumatic fever, e...

The epidemiology of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a rural community (total population 114,610) in northern India was studied by setting up a registry based on primary health care centres. Health workers and schoolteachers were trained to identify suspected patients in school and village surveys (121 villages). Medical specialists screened 5-15-year-olds (n = 31,200). The popula...