Acute rheumatic fever: An important differential diagnosis of septic arthritis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-207

  Mataika, Reapi ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^b,c   Kado, Joseph ^a   Steer, Andrew C ^b,d  

^a Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Fiji Group A Streptococcal Project   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CLOXACILLIN; ENALAPRIL; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUROSEMIDE;

ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 45149126381     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm116     Document Type: Article

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