Acute Rheumatic Fever: A Review of Essential Cutaneous and Histological Findings

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune response that may occur after infection with group A Streptococcus. Clinical manifestations are protean, making the syndrome difficult to recognize in the 21st century. Secondary prophylaxis with benzathine penicillin is given for 10 years after an episod...

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Autores principales: Heard, Matthew A, Green, Margaret C, Royer, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7870119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575142
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12577
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description Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune response that may occur after infection with group A Streptococcus. Clinical manifestations are protean, making the syndrome difficult to recognize in the 21st century. Secondary prophylaxis with benzathine penicillin is given for 10 years after an episode of ARF to prevent recurrence and reduce the risk of rheumatic heart disease. This case highlights the importance of providing a detailed clinical history to the dermatopathologist when considering ARF in the differential diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-78701192021-02-10 Acute Rheumatic Fever: A Review of Essential Cutaneous and Histological Findings Heard, Matthew A Green, Margaret C Royer, Michael Cureus Dermatology Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune response that may occur after infection with group A Streptococcus. Clinical manifestations are protean, making the syndrome difficult to recognize in the 21st century. Secondary prophylaxis with benzathine penicillin is given for 10 years after an episode of ARF to prevent recurrence and reduce the risk of rheumatic heart disease. This case highlights the importance of providing a detailed clinical history to the dermatopathologist when considering ARF in the differential diagnosis. Cureus 2021-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7870119/ /pubmed/33575142 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12577 Text en Copyright © 2021, Heard et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Acute Rheumatic Fever: A Review of Essential Cutaneous and Histological Findings
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title_short Acute Rheumatic Fever: A Review of Essential Cutaneous and Histological Findings
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