Acute Rheumatic Fever in Swedish Children 1971‐80

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Abstract
Hospital records from all Swedish children 0-15 years old diagnosed as having acute rheumatic fever (ARF) during 1971-80 were studied. Thirty-one children fully met with Jones'' modified criterias which gives an incidence of 0.2 cases per 100,000 children and year. Carditis was the most common major manifestation of ARF. In most children the carditis was mild but in three cases was a persistent cardial affection. 16 of the children received prophylactic antibiotic treatment. No recurrent attacks of ARF were found during the study period.