Induction of cardiac lesions, closely resembling those of rheumatic fever, in rabbits following repeated skin infections with group A streptococci.
Cardiac lesions, closely resembling those found in rheumatic fever, have developed in rabbits that sickened following multiple, successive skin infections with several serological types of group A streptococci.
D000818:Animals; D006331:Heart Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections; D011817:Rabbits; D012213:Rheumatic Fever; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013291:Streptococcus; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes
HEART/diseases; RHEUMATIC FEVER/experimental; STREPTOCOCCI/infection