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Rheumatic fever is an acute, post-streptococcal, immune-mediated inflammatory disease primarily affecting children aged 5-15 years. It is caused by Aβ-hemolytic streptococcus and can lead to complications such as rheumatic heart disease and infective endocarditis. Key clinical features include weak heart sounds, tachycardia, and various extracardiac lesions like migratory polyarthritis and Sydenham chorea.
- Author
- Ankit Kumar
- Language
- EN