Incidence and clinical profile of acute rheumatic fever in Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-70

  Kafetzis, D A ^a   Chantzi, F M ^a   Grigoriadou, G ^b   Vougiouka, O ^a   Liapi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CAPTOPRIL; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PENICILLINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144262847     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1274-6     Document Type: Article

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