Complications of physician misdiagnosis/treatment of rheumatic fever in the United States

• 作 者: Diana C. Peterson
• 机 构: DepartmentofBiomedicalSciences
• 出 处: 生命科学与技术进展(英文)
• 发表日期: 2013年1期
• 关键词: PHYSICIAN Guidelines PROPHYLAXIS Antibiotic Resistance PENICILLIN RHEUMATIC Hear

Rheumatic fever is an auto-immune disease caused by exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes. Over the last 50 years, reports of rheumatic fever within the United States have diminished. The decrease was attributed to the advent of penicillin in the treatment o