Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a major disease burden among
disadvantaged populations globally. It results from acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 1): 1–27 Abstract The European Society for Clinical
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases established the Sore Throat Guideline Group to write …

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have largely
disappeared from high-income countries. However, in New Zealand (NZ), rates remain …

Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are the most-common
cardiovascular disease in young people aged< 25 years, globally. They are important …

Abstract Background Group A Streptococcus has been recognized as an important human
pathogen and it remains among the top ten causes of mortality from an infectious disease …

A prospective study was conducted to investigate the rate of group A streptococci (GAS)
carriers and associated anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titers in serum samples in asymptomatic …

This package was conducted in Taiz/Yemen as cross sectional study and mainly aimed to
determine the prevalence rate of Group Aβ-herrolyhc streptococcus among school age …

Acute Glomerulonephritis (AGN) in children is common in our country and possesses a
significant hospital load. AGN is principally a disease of children were poverty, overcrowding …

Tonsillitis is usually caused by a viral infection or less commonly, a bacterial infection.
Symptoms may include sore throat, fever, enlargement of the tonsils, pain in swallowing, and …

BULGULAR Çalışmaya alınanların yaş ortalamaları birinci grupta 15.4±1.6, ikinci grupta
21.4±1.1, üçüncü grupta ise 74.83±8.7 idi. İlk iki gruptakilerin tamamı erkek iken üçüncü …