RHEUMATIC FEVER AS NONVANISHING DISEASE: A PROBLEM STATE AND CLINICAL CASES

Abstract

Early diagnostics and treatment of patients with acute rheumatic fever (RF) remains actual problem because rheumatic heart disease is still one of the main causes of acquired valvular lesions. Two cases of acute RF occurred in City Clinical Hospital №1 named after N.I. Pirogov in 2009 are presented. Different outcomes were observed during 6 and 10 months of clinical monitoring. The main approaches to diagnostics and treatment of RF are also described taking into consideration national and international guidelines.

Keywords

• acute rheumatic fever
• beta-haemolytic streptococcus
• diagnostic criteria
• rheumatic valvulitis
• rheumatic polyarthritis