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Is rheumatic fever making a comeback?

A stealthy form of strep throat that doesn’t have symptoms may underlie an increase in rheumatic fever recorded in Utah in recent years.

References:

Tani, L.Y., et al. 1998. Is rheumatic fever still a problem in the United States? Experience with 411 consecutive cases. Meeting of the American Heart Association. November. Dallas.

Further Readings:

Kaplan, E.L. 1997. Clinical guidelines for Group A streptococcal throat infections. Lancet 350(Sept. 27):899.

Pruksakorn, S., et al. 1994. Towards a vaccine for rheumatic fever: Identification of a conserved target epitope on M protein of Group A streptococci. Lancet 344(Sept. 3):639.

Sources:

Lloyd Y. Tani
Primary Children’s Hospital
100 North Medical Drive
Suite 1500
Salt Lake City, UT 84113

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 22, November 28, 1998, p. 346. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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