title: Acute rheumatic fever associated with Henoch-Schönlein purpura: report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a possible relationship between Henoch-Schönlein purpura and rheumatic fever.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with features of both diseases were identified by reviewing the hospital records. Medline and reference lists from published articles were used to search for previous reports of the two conditions occuring simultaneously.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three newly described cases, and three previous reports of Henoch-Schönlein purpura associated with rheumatic carditis or chorea were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The coexistence of these two disorders in some patients supports the view that Group A streptococcus may have a pathogenic role in Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. eisens@md2.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Eisenstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navon-Elkan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*