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  • Sore throat
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    rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease ): Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people Māori and/or … Pacific Islander people    Personal history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease Those living … and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease Last updated October 2024 Reference List …
  • The acutely swollen joint
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    Australians, Maori and Pacific Islanders; personal or family history of ARF or rheumatic heart disease … of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3rd edition); 2020 Vardiabasis NV, Schlechter JA … At risk sexual behaviour/intravenous drug use Groups at risk for acute rheumatic fever (ARF): Indigenous …
  • Prolonged fever
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    : acute rheumatic fever (ARF), rheumatic heart disease (RHD), hereditary cancer syndromes, rheumatological … and rheumatic heart disease Last updated October 2025 Reference List Rupasinghe H, et al. Prolonged Fever … inflammatory conditions: consider clinical criteria of Kawasaki Disease including incomplete, acute rheumatic …
  • Kawasaki disease
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Kawasaki_disease/
    cause of acquired heart disease in high-income countries (including Australia), due to the risk of CAAs … Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 21, pp. 36-44.  Starship Clinical Guidelines. (2024). Kawasaki Disease … paediatricians need to know about the updated 2017 American Heart Association Kawasaki disease guideline. Arch …
  • Antimicrobial guidelines
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    Australians Maori and Pacific Islander Personal history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease Family … history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease Immunosuppressed Quinsy (peritonsillar abscess … disease Since the introduction of H. influenzae type b (Hib) immunisation, there has been a dramatic …