Erroneous diagnoses in children referred with acute rheumatic fever

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-182

  Lopez Benitez, Jorge M ^a,b   Miller, Laurie C ^a,b   Schaller, Jane G ^a,b   Moreno, Luis M ^c   Espinola De Canata, Miriam ^d  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c School of Medicine

^d Department of Pediatrics   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Asuncion; Jones criteria; Paraguay; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease; Rheumatism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAGUAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARAGUAY; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 40949091577     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31815abf70     Document Type: Article

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