Research Article

POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY

Volume: 16 Number: 1 March 1, 2014
  • Müyesser Nergiz Yanmaz
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POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY

Abstract

Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis (PSRA) and Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) are twocomplications of preceding pharyngeal infections with a group A beta hemolytic streptococcus(GABHS) or Streptococcus pyogenes. Although ARF is much earlier known poststreptococcalcomplication, PSRA is first described in 1982. There is ongoing debate on whether these twoconditions represent distinct clinical entities or are parts at the spectrum of the same disease. Inthis review, we aim to describe both clinical presentations, and to discuss their similarities anddifferences, clinical impacts and importance

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Müyesser Nergiz Yanmaz This is me

Publication Date

March 1, 2014

Submission Date

May 12, 2014

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 16 Number: 1

APA
Yanmaz, M. N. (2014). POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY. Duzce Medical Journal, 16(1), 73-76. https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS
AMA
1.Yanmaz MN. POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY. Duzce Med J. 2014;16(1):73-76. https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS
Chicago
Yanmaz, Müyesser Nergiz. 2014. “POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY”. Duzce Medical Journal 16 (1): 73-76. https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS.
EndNote
Yanmaz MN (March 1, 2014) POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY. Duzce Medical Journal 16 1 73–76.
IEEE
[1]M. N. Yanmaz, “POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY”, Duzce Med J, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 73–76, Mar. 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS
ISNAD
Yanmaz, Müyesser Nergiz. “POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY”. Duzce Medical Journal 16/1 (March 1, 2014): 73-76. https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS.
JAMA
1.Yanmaz MN. POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY. Duzce Med J. 2014;16:73–76.
MLA
Yanmaz, Müyesser Nergiz. “POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY”. Duzce Medical Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, Mar. 2014, pp. 73-76, https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS.
Vancouver
1.Müyesser Nergiz Yanmaz. POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, CLINICAL APPROACH AND THERAPY. Duzce Med J [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 1;16(1):73-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43UK45WS