Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease : report of a WHO study group [meeting held in Geneva from 30 March to 4 April 1987]
Material type: TextSeries: World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 764Publication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1988. Description: 58 pISBN: 9241207647Title translated: Rhumatisme articulaire aigu et cardiopathies rhumatismales : rapport d' un Groupe d' étude de l' OMS [réuni à Genève du 30 mars au 4 avril 1987]; Fiebre reumática y cardiopatía reumática : informe de un Grupo de Estudio de la OMS [se reunió en Ginebra del 30 de marzo al 4 de abril de 1987]Subject(s): Rheumatic fever | Rheumatic heart disease | Noncommunicable DiseasesNLM classification: WC 220Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online Abstract: A review of the current state of knowledge and medical and public health practice with regard to group A streptococcal infections, rheumatic fever, and rheumatic heart disease and the advances that have occurred over the past twenty years. Recommendations are made for improving implementation of rheumatic fever control programmes, and on areas where specific basic and applied research is needed to control this problem more effectively. Of particular practical value is a section devoted to prevention, which offers detailed guidance on recommended antibiotic regimens for primary and secondary prophylaxis, including recommended drug, mode of administration, dose, and duration of treatment. Prospects for the development of a suitable vaccine are also briefly considered. Other sections discuss the requirements for prevention programmes at the community level, outline methods for diagnosis in the microbiology laboratory, and present recommended clinical procedures for diagnosis and management. In view of the importance of preventing infective endocarditis in patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease, the book also recommends treatment schedules for prophylaxis during dental, respiratory, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract procedures.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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A review of the current state of knowledge and medical and public health practice with regard to group A streptococcal infections, rheumatic fever, and rheumatic heart disease and the advances that have occurred over the past twenty years. Recommendations are made for improving implementation of rheumatic fever control programmes, and on areas where specific basic and applied research is needed to control this problem more effectively. Of particular practical value is a section devoted to prevention, which offers detailed guidance on recommended antibiotic regimens for primary and secondary prophylaxis, including recommended drug, mode of administration, dose, and duration of treatment. Prospects for the development of a suitable vaccine are also briefly considered. Other sections discuss the requirements for prevention programmes at the community level, outline methods for diagnosis in the microbiology laboratory, and present recommended clinical procedures for diagnosis and management. In view of the importance of preventing infective endocarditis in patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease, the book also recommends treatment schedules for prophylaxis during dental, respiratory, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract procedures.
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