Rheumatic fever in a 2-year-old child.
A 2-year-old boy with rheumatic fever is described. The patient presented with fever, flitting polyarthritis and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Treatment with aspirin was successful. Rheumatic fever in this age-group is very rare, but it is important to consider this diagnosis even in children under 3 years of age.
Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Wilschanski
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Leifer
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D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*