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rheumatic fever
Broader Terms:
Streptococcus infection
Related Terms:
rheumatic heart disease
Related Terms:
Streptococcus pyogenes
Scope Note:
febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with group A hemolytic streptococci and characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, especially of the heart, blood vessels, and joints (polyarthritis), and by the presence of Aschoff bodies in the myocardium and skin.
Term Number:
0368-3578
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