title: [Rheumatic fever in childhood--today].
abstract: Acute rheumatic fever in the young: a review of historical land marks and the current status of rheumatic fever are discussed. The follows are presented here: prevent-day epidemiology; the role of group A streptococcus and the reappearance of "rheumatogenic" serotypes; the host's susceptibility and the tantalizing possibility of a genetic basis; the basis of autoimmune pathogenesis (so-called molecular mimicry); the increasing diagnostic difficulties and the critical review of Jones criteria; the reassessment of primary prevention and the couvent possibility of a streptococcal vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Pediatrica, Ospedale Regionale San Camillo de Lellis, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calvani
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: La malattia reumatica nell'infanzia, oggi.