Acute Rheumatic Fever Presenting as a Mimicker of Septic Arthritis

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) describes the non-suppurative and autoimmune inflammation of joint, muscle, and fibrous tissue that occurs after group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis. This report describes a rare case of a 39-year-old male with migratory arthralgias as a presenting sign of ARF. Throug...

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Autores principales: Achebe, Ikechukwu, Hussain, Kifah, Abraham, Annette, Asotibe, Jennifer C, Shaka, Hafeez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864256
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864256
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9431

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