Rheumatic Fever
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37. Peripheral blood T and B lymphocytes during acute rheumatic fever.
Proportions and total numbers of thymus-derived (T) and bone marrow-derived (B) peripheral blood lymphocytes were studied in 53 patients with acute rheumatic fever, diagnosed on the basis of modifified Jones criteria. An elevation in both proportions and absolute numbers of cells bearing surface Ig was found in most patients, particularly during the first 7
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38. Serum immunoglobulin A and antibody to M-associated protein in patients with acute glomerulonephritis or rheumatic fever.
Serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) was markedly increased in 80% of 50 patients with acute rheumatic fever in Trinidad in contrast to 20% of 63 patients with acute glomerulonephritis, whereas serum IgG was increased in nearly all of both groups. Since total antibody to M-associated protein (MAP) (assessed by complement fixation) is the only antibody as yet consist
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39. THE RELATION OF UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS TO RHEUMATIC FEVER IN CHILDREN: II. Antihemolysin Titres in Respiratory Infections and Their Significance in Rheumatic Fever in Children 1
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40. STUDIES OF ASCORBIC ACID AND RHEUMATIC FEVER I. QUANTITATIVE INDEX OF ASCORBIC ACID UTILIZATION IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF RHEUMATIC FEVER 1
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41. Immunoglobulins and complement components in synovial fluid of patients with acute rheumatic fever.
Three components of complement and six other serum proteins were assayed in synovial fluid and serum samples from 25 patients with acute rheumatic fever in Trinidad. The resulting data indicate a relative decrease in both early and late components of complement within the synovial fluids which suggests local activation by immune complexes. Such activation of
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42. Various rheumatic syndromes in adult patients associated with high antistreptolysin O titres and their differential diagnosis with rheumatic fever.
OBJECTIVES--The purpose of this study was to analyse retrospectively adult patients with acute joint or muscle symptoms and a high antistreptolysin O (ASO) titre to find out which syndromes of clinical arthritis are associated with serological evidence of streptococcal infection. METHODS--Seventy six adult patients with an acute arthritis syndrome or an exac
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43. Type-specific antibodies to structurally defined fragments of streptococcal M proteins in patients with acute rheumatic fever.
Group A streptococci of M protein type 5 have been epidemiologically related to acute rheumatic fever in a number of reported outbreaks. Preliminary bacteriological evidence suggests that M5 may be an important "rheumatogenic" type in Santiago, Chile. To assess further the relationship of this streptococcal serotype to rheumatic fever in Chile, sera of 34 pa
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44. Occurrence of valvar heart disease in acute rheumatic fever without evident carditis: colour-flow Doppler identification.
OBJECTIVE--To determine the frequency of occurrence of mitral and aortic valvar regurgitation in rheumatic children in whom there was no evidence of carditis acutely or at an earlier attack. DESIGN--Colour flow Doppler imaging was used in a non-randomised study of sequentially admitted children who met the criteria for acute rheumatic fever without clinicall
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45. Abdominal pain with free peritoneal fluid detected by ultrasonography as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever.
The clinical and laboratory data for an 8 year old girl with abdominal pain as a presenting manifestation of acute rheumatic fever are reported. An abdominal investigation with ultrasonography carried out at the same time showed free peritoneal fluid. These findings support the proposal that the abdominal pain classically described in acute rheumatic fever i
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46. First attack of rheumatic fever in an adult: the case for greater awareness.
A 40 year old white woman presenting with rash, fever, and migratory polyarthralgia developed a symmetrical polyarthropathy and remained unwell for 10 weeks. Fulfilment of the revised Jones criteria reinforced the clinical diagnosis of rheumatic fever. Antistreptococcal antibodies peaked four to six weeks into the illness and declined thereafter.
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47. An epidemiological study of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Lagos.
In Lagos 12 755 schoolchildren aged between six and 12 years were screened for evidence of rheumatic heart disease and showed a prevalence rate of 0.03%. Group C (27.7%) and group G (47.3%) predominated in the throat and in cases of pharyngitis, while group A predominated on the skin. Two hundred and sixty-six cases of pharyngitis were recorded, 70 (26.4%) w
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48. Experience of a Wyoming County Streptococcal Control Project
Figures from Natrona County, Wyoming, during the period 1957-1959 and from the Papago Indian Health Service in Arizona during the years 1970-1982 indicate that a vigorous control program targeted to school children that used throat culturing to detect group A streptococci and to recommend adequate treatment effectively lowered the incidence of first attacks