Delayed diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in adults: A forgotten cause of febrile polyarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1999-2001

  Chan, Albert W ^a   Webb, Gary ^b   Vellend, Hillar ^b   Gold, Wayne L ^b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fever; Polyarthritis; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029858312     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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