title: Induction of cardiac lesions, closely resembling those of rheumatic fever, in rabbits following repeated skin infections with group A streptococci.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: MURPHY
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: SWIFT
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006331:Heart Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections; D011817:Rabbits; D012213:Rheumatic Fever; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013291:Streptococcus; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes
keywords: HEART/diseases; RHEUMATIC FEVER/experimental; STREPTOCOCCI/infection