Rheumatic Fever

"Rheumatic Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.

Descriptor ID	D012213
MeSH Number(s)	C01.252.410.890.731 C05.550.114.843 C05.799.825
Concept/Terms	Rheumatic Fever Rheumatic Fever Fever, Rheumatic Fevers, Rheumatic Rheumatic Fevers Arthritis, Acute Rheumatic Acute Rheumatic Arthritides Acute Rheumatic Arthritis Arthritides, Acute Rheumatic Rheumatic Arthritides, Acute Rheumatic Arthritis, Acute Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute Rheumatism, Articular, Acute Polyarthritis Rheumatica Polyarthritis Rheumaticas Rheumatic Arthritis Rheumatism, Acute Articular Acute Articular Rheumatism Acute Articular Rheumatisms Articular Rheumatism, Acute Articular Rheumatisms, Acute Rheumatisms, Acute Articular Acute Rheumatic Fever Acute Rheumatic Fevers Fever, Acute Rheumatic Fevers, Acute Rheumatic Rheumatic Fever, Acute Rheumatic Fevers, Acute Inflammatory Rheumatism

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Rheumatic Fever".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.252.410]
Streptococcal Infections [C01.252.410.890]
Rheumatic Fever [C01.252.410.890.731]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Joint Diseases [C05.550]
Arthritis [C05.550.114]
Rheumatic Fever [C05.550.114.843]
Rheumatic Diseases [C05.799]
Rheumatic Fever [C05.799.825]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Rheumatic Fever".

Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Heart Disease

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2014 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2

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de Loizaga SR, Arthur L, Arya B, Beckman B, Belay W, Brokamp C, Hyun Choi N, Connolly S, Dasgupta S, Dibert T, Dryer MM, Gokanapudy Hahn LR, Greene EA, Kernizan D, Khalid O, Klein J, Kobayashi R, Lahiri S, Lorenzoni RP, Otero Luna A, Marshall J, Millette T, Moore L, Muhamed B, Murali M, Parikh K, Sanyahumbi A, Shakti D, Stein E, Shah S, Wilkins H, Windom M, Wirth S, Zimmerman M, Beck AF, Ollberding N, Sable C, Beaton A. Rheumatic Heart Disease in the United States: Forgotten But Not Gone: Results of a 10 Year Multicenter Review. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 08 17; 10(16):e020992.

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Lahiri S, Sanyahumbi A. Acute Rheumatic Fever. Pediatr Rev. 2021 May; 42(5):221-232.

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Mahtta D, Gupta A, Ramsey DJ, Rifai MA, Mehta A, Krittanawong C, Lee MT, Nasir K, Samad Z, Blumenthal RS, Jneid H, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Premature Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: An Analysis From the VITAL Registry. Am J Med. 2020 12; 133(12):1424-1432.e1.

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Sanyahumbi A, Chiromo P, Chiume M. Education: The prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2019 09; 31(3):221-222.

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Zachariah JP, Samnaliev M. Echo-based screening of rheumatic heart disease in children: a cost-effectiveness Markov model. J Med Econ. 2015 Jun; 18(6):410-9.

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Nishimura RA, Otto CM, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP, Guyton RA, O'Gara PT, Ruiz CE, Skubas NJ, Sorajja P, Sundt TM, Thomas JD, Anderson JL, Halperin JL, Albert NM, Bozkurt B, Brindis RG, Creager MA, Curtis LH, DeMets D, Guyton RA, Hochman JS, Kovacs RJ, Ohman EM, Pressler SJ, Sellke FW, Shen WK, Stevenson WG, Yancy CW. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jul; 148(1):e1-e132.

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Vogel T, Kitcharoensakkul M, Fotis L, Baszis K. The heart and pediatric rheumatology. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2014 Feb; 40(1):61-85.

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Borchardt RA. Diagnosis and management of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis. JAAPA. 2013 Sep; 26(9):53-4.

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Hu X, Laragione T, Sun L, Koshy S, Jones KR, Ismailov II, Yotnda P, Horrigan FT, Gulko PS, Beeton C. KCa1.1 potassium channels regulate key proinflammatory and invasive properties of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis. J Biol Chem. 2012 Feb 03; 287(6):4014-22.

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Miyake CY, Gauvreau K, Tani LY, Sundel RP, Newburger JW. Characteristics of children discharged from hospitals in the United States in 2000 with the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. Pediatrics. 2007 Sep; 120(3):503-8.

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