Rheumatic Fever Week (RFW) is an annual campaign held in the first week of August to raise awareness about Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF). Left untreated this condition can progress into Rheumatic Heart ...

Specific testing for S pyogenes is not recommended in patients who are not exhibiting any of the 4 clinical features (fever, tender cervical adenopathy, tonsillar or pharyngeal swelling or exudate ...

Rheumatic fever is caused by an improper immune response to group A Streptococcus bacteria where your immune system attacks and damages healthy tissue. It typically develops 2–3 weeks after ...

Symptoms of rheumatic fever include arthritic pain around the joints, fever, fatigue, uncontrollable jerky movements, skin rashes, chest pains, difficulty breathing, and a faster than usual heart ...

A group of researchers led by The University of Osaka have identified a novel genetic mutation in Streptococcus pyogenes, a ...

The cause of rheumatic fever is an earlier group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection of the throat or skin, which is usually strep throat. Doctors base a diagnosis on symptoms that manifest after a ...

Streptococcus pyogenes is an exclusively human pathogen responsible for necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease), toxic shock syndrome, rheumatic fever and a host of other diseases — more than any ...

Rheumatic fever is a serious condition that can develop after an untreated strep throat infection caused by group A streptococcus bacteria. It often affects children and teens and may lead to long ...

Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes. The infection, spread via coughing or sneezing, causes a red rash on the body, high fever, and sore throat ...