Acute rheumatic fever: clinical profile in children in western Ukraine.

CONCLUSIONS: The significant incidence of misdiagnoses in the ARF children during admission to the hospital, especially the interpretation of joint syndrome, indicates that physicians need an extra awareness. The lack of specific clinical signs of rheumatic carditis makes it a diagnostic challenge. The revised Jones criteria (2015) for the diagnosis of ARF can improve carditis detection. The adequate treatment of the preceding streptococcal infection may prevent ARF. Abbreviations: ARF = acute rheumatic fever. PMID: 28616087 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Medicine and Life - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Med Life Source Type: research