Separating Acute Rheumatic Fever from Nonrheumatic Streptococcal Myocarditis

Introduction. Streptococcal pharyngitis has been historically complicated with systemic involvement manifesting as acute rheumatic fever, which is a serious condition that can lead to permanent damage to heart valves. A recent association between streptococcal pharyngitis and nonrheumatic heart dise...

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Main Authors: Laith A. Derbas, Anweshan Samanta, Srinivasa Potla, Moustafa Younis, Laura M. Schmidt, Ibrahim M. Saeed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4674875
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