In a randomized controlled trial of close to 1000 Ugandan children and youth with latent rheumatic heart disease (RHD), those who received monthly injections of penicillin G benzathine for 2 years had ...

A growing body of evidence indicates that some people thought to have an allergic response to injectable penicillin, the standard treatment for rheumatic heart disease, may instead be experiencing a ...

In their extensive studies on penicillin therapy of streptococcal infections, Wannamaker et al. 11 make the following comment: From the available evidence it is now possible to state only that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Oral penicillin may be safer than the injectable option for people with rheumatic heart disease who are at high ...

DALLAS, Jan. 20, 2022 – A growing body of evidence indicates that some people thought to have an allergic response to injectable penicillin, the standard treatment for rheumatic heart disease, may ...

(NewsNation) — Six in 10 adults will live and die with heart disease by 2050, according to forecasts by the American Heart Association. Cardiovascular disease, which encompasses a range of heart ...

When faced with a sore throat, the clinician’s main task is to identify and treat cases of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis (Figure 1). All other pathogens can be grouped ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious disease ...

If you grew up in the United States after the middle of the past century, you've probably never thought much about rheumatic fever. And for good reason. In that era, the disease seemed to become a ...