Evaluation of the policy of secondary prevention against rheumatic fever among Egyptian children

Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of long acting penicillin (LAP) as a 2-weekly regimen in winter and a 3-weekly regimen in summer for prevention of streptococcal colonization and also studied the common complaints of patients during the period of compliance for LAP administration. We also a...

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Main Authors: Soha M. Abd El Dayem, Hala Hamza, Sohair Helal, Azza Mohamed, Heba Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483214007172