This monograph is a comprehensive treatise on a subject of constant interest to pediatricians and internists alike. The author's close personal contact with rheumatic fever and its equivalents, together with a broad knowledge of the concepts of other workers in this field, has given the volume a well-deserved air of authority. This work is a decidedly ambitious one, dividing a subject with wide...

Aims: Gather relevant literature, understand and expose the mechanism by which Rheumatic Fever can trigger Endocarditis Method: This is a narrative review, where following descriptors were used as source of research: Endocarditis; Fever; Bacterial in Scielo, PubMed, LILACS, BVS MEDLINE databases.
 Methodology: Results: It observed that rheumatic fever mainly affects children adolescents. T...

Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) causes a variety of diseases, from benign self-limiting infections the skin or throat to lethal soft tissue accompanied by multi-organ failure. GAS is one significant species among Gram-positive pathogens which responsible for several suppurative and non-suppurative sequelae. They also cause pharyngitis, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), n...