Antecedent streptococcal infection in acute rheumatic fever

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 690-692

  Kaplan, Edward L ^a   Bisno, Alan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHARYNGITIS; PYODERMA; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748319364     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506944     Document Type: Note

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