Despite the declining incidence of rheumatic fever and the more extensive use of antibiotics both prophylactically and therapeutically, the incidence of bacterial endocarditis at the Massachusetts ...

there seems to be ground for the belief that rheumatic fever with its associated lesions is produced by streptococci. A positive blood culture in liquid medium should not form a positive basis for a ...

UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent ...

Rheumatic fever is uncommon in the U.S. among people ... If a healthcare provider suspects endocarditis along with heart valve disease, they will likely order blood tests to look for bacteria ...

The research, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, finds that rheumatic fever attacked the boy’s heart and his ... As he aged, he became susceptible to other bacterial infections such as endocarditis, ...