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Acute Rheumatic Fever Presenting as a Mimicker of Septic Arthritis

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) describes the non-suppurative and autoimmune inflammation of joint, muscle, and fibrous tissue that occurs after group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis. This report describes a rare case of a 39-year-old male with migratory arthralgias as a presenting sign of ARF. Throug...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Achebe, Ikechukwu, Hussain, Kifah, Abraham, Annette, Asotibe, Jennifer C, Shaka, Hafeez
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450879/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864256
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9431
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