Diagnosis of rheumatic fever uses which criteria?

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Diagnosis of rheumatic fever uses which criteria?

Rheumatic fever is diagnosed using the Jones criteria, which group findings into major and minor features and require evidence of a recent Group A Streptococcus infection. Major criteria are migratory polyarthritis, carditis, subcutaneous nodules, erythema marginatum, and Sydenham chorea. Minor criteria include fever, arthralgia, elevated inflammatory markers, and a prolonged PR interval. Diagnosis typically needs either two major criteria or one major plus two minor, together with evidence of prior strep infection by throat culture, rapid antigen test, or elevated/ rising antistreptolysin O titers. Other named criteria, such as Duke, ACR, or Wells, pertain to different diseases (infective endocarditis, fibromyalgia, or PE/DVT) and aren’t used for rheumatic fever.

Rheumatic fever is diagnosed using the Jones criteria, which group findings into major and minor features and require evidence of a recent Group A Streptococcus infection. Major criteria are migratory polyarthritis, carditis, subcutaneous nodules, erythema marginatum, and Sydenham chorea. Minor criteria include fever, arthralgia, elevated inflammatory markers, and a prolonged PR interval. Diagnosis typically needs either two major criteria or one major plus two minor, together with evidence of prior strep infection by throat culture, rapid antigen test, or elevated/ rising antistreptolysin O titers. Other named criteria, such as Duke, ACR, or Wells, pertain to different diseases (infective endocarditis, fibromyalgia, or PE/DVT) and aren’t used for rheumatic fever.

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