The aim of this study was to help in increasing the sensitivity and specificityof rheumatic fever (RF) diagnosing. One hundred and eight patients and volunteers were selected from Orthopedic Surgery Department at ElSahel Teaching Hospital (Cairo-Egypt), during the period from January 2008 to October 2009. Their ages ranged from 3 to 25 years old. Patients were divided into four groups. The firs...

background: streptokinase, which is injected intravenously with a standard dose of 1.5 miu, is the most widely used thrombolytic agent around the world. what is so important about this bioproduct is the level of antistreptokinase (anti-sk) antibody in the population, which is directly correlated to the incidence of streptococcal infections in that population. objective: since iran is an endemic...

background: myocardial infarction (mi) is one of the most common and serious diseases resulting from coronary artery occlusion and major reduction in blood flow. streptokinase as a thrombolytic is considered the first and most important therapeutic intervention for reperfusion following mi in most countries including iran. our previous study showed that, the prevalence of high antibody titers a...

Introduction: Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) can induce PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection). GABHS is the most important and common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis in Iranian children. We studied the role of GABHS (anti-streptococcal antibodies) in suspected cases of PANDAS in a cross sectional studies. Method...

introduction: group a beta-hemolytic streptococcus (gabhs) can induce pandas (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection). gabhs is the most important and common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis in iranian children. we studied the role of gabhs (anti-streptococcal antibodies) in suspected cases of pandas in a cross sectional studies. methods: acr...

Group A Streptococcus is a common bacterium that induces tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and pyoderma, and, furthermore, its metabolic products cause scarlatina. It is suggested that the molecular mimicry and cross reactivity between human tissues and the micro-organism are associated with immunogenic pathogenesis of well known poststreptococcal manifestations: acute rheumatic fever and acute glomeru...