Prevention of rheumatic fever in Costa Rica

During the beginning of the 1970s, major changes occurred in Costa Rica in the treatment of streptococcal throat infections. Because of poor compliance with regimens using orally administered agents, intramuscular administration of benzathine penicillin was selected as the standard treatment and thr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of pediatrics 1992-10, Vol.121 (4), p.569-572
Hauptverfasser:	Arguedas, Adriano, Mohs, Edgar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis. Bacterial diseases of the aorta, limb vessels and lymphatic vessels Biological and medical sciences Costa Rica - epidemiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infectious diseases Injections, Intramuscular Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medical sciences Pediatrics Penicillin G Benzathine - administration & dosage Penicillin G Benzathine - therapeutic use Pharyngitis - drug therapy Pharyngitis - microbiology Rheumatic Fever - epidemiology Rheumatic Fever - prevention & control Science & Technology Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy Streptococcus agalactiae
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