Rheumatic fever - Is it still a problem?

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue TOPIC T1, 2000, Pages 13-21

  Olivier, Catherine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; M PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TONSILLITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033950347     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.suppl_1.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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