Comparison of antistreptolysin O and anti-deoxyribonucleic B titers in healthy children to those with acute pharyngitis, acute rheumatic fever, and rheumatic heart disease aged 5–15 years

Comparison of antistreptolysin O and anti-deoxyribonucleic B titers in healthy children to those with acute pharyngitis, acute rheumatic fever, and rheumatic heart disease aged 5–15 years

Background: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) affects millions of children in the third world countries like India. The diagnosis of rheumatic fever is based on the Jones criteria with serological titers, antistreptolysin O titer (ASO), and anti-deoxyribonucleic B (ADB), taken as evidence of recent strept...

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Main Authors: Navjot Saini, Dinesh Kumar, Swarnim Swarnim, Dheeraj Bhatt, Sunil Kishore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Acute pharyngitis
acute rheumatic fever
anti-deoxyribonuclease B
antistreptolysin O titer
Jones criteria
rheumatic heart disease
upper limit of normal
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2019;volume=12;issue=3;spage=195;epage=200;aulast=Saini

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