Therapeutic Strategies for the Prevention of Rheumatic Fever
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 86 (4) , 494-496
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-86-4-494
Abstract
Therapeutic strategies for prevention of rheumatic fever, including administration of penicillin or other antibiotics to patients with streptococcal pharyngitis, are discussed.Keywords
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