Monoarthritis As A Presenting Feature in Acute Rheumatic Fever
Monoarthritis As A Presenting Feature in Acute Rheumatic Fever This case report had been presented as a free paper in the 3rd National Scientific Meeting in Emergency Medicine in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 23rd - 25th April 2009. MONOARTHRITIS AS A PRESENTING FEATURE IN ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: A CASE PRESENTATION Hamizah K, Chew K S Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia Introduction Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its chronic sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are major causes of mortality and morbidity in many Asian countries including Malaysia (1). This is especially so among the low-income families, regardless of ethnicity (2). In a 10-year study done in University Hospital Kuala Lumpur from January 1981 to December 1990, it was found that ARF contributed to 21.2 per 100,000 pediatric admissions per year (2). In this report, we highlighted the lessons we learned that
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