Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in children and adolescents, which may evolve to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) affects the joints, skin, heart, blood vessels and brain. In addition to fever, it can cause several other symptoms, such as arthritis (joint inflammation), rashes, ...

Painful monthly penicillin injections could be a thing of the past with Griffith University researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of New England, investigating the benefits ...

Painful monthly penicillin injections could be a thing of the past with Griffith University researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the University of New England, investigating the benefits ...

LD-IL-2 therapy induces functional improvement of the heart and reduces carditis. Credit: mBio (2025). DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03823-24 ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a postinfectious immune-mediated syndrome predominantly affecting children, adolescents and young adults following infection with the group A Streptococcus ( ...

1. Introduction Acute rheumatic fever (AAR) is a multiorgan autoimmune inflammatory disease that occurs following group A β -hemolytic streptococcus infection in genetically predisposed individuals [1 ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with the sole member of the group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes. ARF leads to a ...

Rheumatic fever is a reactive disease that develops 1 to 3 weeks after an infection with group A streptococci. It leads to bacterial inflammation of various organ systems Dr. Besim Demolli Specialist ...

Diagnosis relies on the revised Jones criteria (Box 1). 4 Of the major Jones criteria, migratory polyarthritis and carditis are the most common manifestations, occurring in 50%–70% of patients. 4 ...