Use of the Jones Criteria in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in an Australian rural setting

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 526-529

  Stewart, Tanya ^a,c   McDonald, Robert ^a   Currie, Bart ^b  

^a Katherine District Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUSTRALIA; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POLYARTHRITIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 28944431632     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00244.x     Document Type: Review

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