First Presentation Acute Rheumatic Fever is Preventable in a Community Setting: A School Based Intervention

BACKGROUND:Robust evidence is lacking for community initiatives to prevent first presentation acute rheumatic fever (ARF) by group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis treatment. METHODS:We measured the effect of introducing a sore throat clinic program on first presentation ARF into 61 year 1-8 school...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2017-12, Vol.36 (12), p.1113-1118
Hauptverfasser:	Lennon, Diana, Anderson, Philippa, Kerdemelidis, Melissa, Farrell, Elizabeth, Mahi, Suzanne Crengle, Percival, Teuila, Jansen, David, Stewart, Joanna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Amoxicillin - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Community-Acquired Infections Cross-Sectional Studies Humans New Zealand - epidemiology Pharynx - microbiology Primary Prevention - methods Primary Prevention - statistics & numerical data Rheumatic Fever - drug therapy Rheumatic Fever - epidemiology Rheumatic Fever - prevention & control Schools Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology Streptococcal Infections - prevention & control Streptococcus pyogenes Students - statistics & numerical data
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