DETROIT — Jahmai Jones has three words stitched on his outfield glove. Flip the switch. That’s one of the mantras his late father, Andre, always preached. He taught his children to be kind and ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in children and adolescents, which may evolve to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ...

The present study, then, eliminated 58 patients with already-acquired rheumatic heart disease due to earlier attacks of rheumatic fever and 10 other patients with heart disease in whom the data of ...

Recurrent attacks of acute rheumatic fever have been analyzed in 161 patients who had a total of 370 attacks, each of which fulfilled the modified Jones diagnostic criteria.

Manyemba, J. and Mayosi, B.M. (2002) Penicillin for Secondary Prevention of Rheumatic Fever. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022, CD002227.

The revised Jones criteria also find their place in the diagnosis of AAR in adults. Objective: To study the demographic, clinical, and biological characteristics of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in the ...

LD-IL-2 therapy induces functional improvement of the heart and reduces carditis. Credit: mBio (2025). DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03823-24 ...

How common is this disease? Rheumatic fever occurs in about 3% of cases with untreated streptococcal infections. If treatment is carried out with consistent antibiotic therapy, the occurrence is very ...

Diagnosis relies on the revised Jones criteria (Box 1). 4 Of the major Jones criteria, migratory polyarthritis and carditis are the most common manifestations, occurring in 50%–70% of patients. 4 ...

Most had had previous episodes of rheumatic fever. We found that using long-term antibiotics (either injected into the muscle every month or taken as a tablet every day) compared with no antibiotic ...

The Jones criteria is a diagnostic tool for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever (ARF). It involves testing heart function using echocardiograms, X-rays, blood tests, and other screenings.

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) prophylaxis means preventive measures that stop a recurrence of ARF. These involve taking antibiotics to prevent infection. Read more.