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Alessandra Tricarico
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Proceedings Of The 23Rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: Part Two
2017
New diagnostic criteria of acute rheumatic fever: prevalence of silent carditis in a pediatric population
2017
Acute rheumatic fever and its sequel, chronic rheumatic heart disease, are important global health issues with an annual incidence of about 500.000 new cases and a prevalence of 34 million people worldwide affected by rheumatic heart disease. During the 20th century the incidence of ARF and the prevalence declined substantially in Europe, North America, and developed nations in other geographic locations. In Italy the incidence is about 4,1:100.000. Acute rheumatic fever is a systemic inflammatory response to group A streptococcal infection, which typically affects children and occurs two or three weeks after a throat infection. Although arthritis is the most common sign, carditis which com…