eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | acute articular rheumatism |
| Comorbidity | C0031350|pharyngitis |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 23661900 | [12] the trend in the present report is also similar to that from other parts of the developing world and is an indication of the persistence of the poor social conditions that favor transmission of the group a β haemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis that leads to rheumatic fever (rf) and rhd.34222425 by contrast, kawasaki disease (kd) is now the most frequent ahd affecting children in developed countries such as the usa and japan.2627 our clinical diagnosis of kawasaki disease in only one child might be indicative either of a true rarity of the condition in our environment or of a very low index of suspicion among physicians and other health workers. |
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