Acute rheumatic fever
Description
- Autoimmune, post-streptococcal systemic illness - the preventable cause of rheumatic heart disease
- Follows group A streptococcal pharyngitis (and possibly skin infection in high-incidence settings) by 1-5 weeks
- In Australia, managed under a notifiable disease / register-based framework in high-risk populations
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