UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ashtabula County is experiencing a spike in cases of strep throat and scarlet fever from strep throat ...

"For school-aged children with rheumatic fever, monthly intramuscular penicillin injections for around 10 years can be painful and traumatic if they have a fear of needles, and some people may ...

The bacteria can cause severe complications, such as rheumatic fever, and possible damage to the kidneys, liver, or heart, ...

Credit: Dr Salahuddin Kazi, MD, comments on the challenges of diagnosing seronegative rheumatic diseases and discusses a ...