Acute rheumatic fever in American Samoa

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1158-1159

  Erdem, Guliz ^a   Dodd, Anna ^a   Tuua, Anita ^a   Sinclair, Sandra ^a   I'atala, Tagi'ilima F ^b   Marrone, James R ^b   Tuua, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Lyndon Baines Johnson Tropical Medical Center   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; American Samoa; Hawaii; Jones criteria; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 36549001817     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318146236f     Document Type: Article

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