A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.
Inflammatorisk reumatism
Fever, Rheumatic — Rheumatic Fevers — Acute Rheumatic Fever — Acute Rheumatic Fevers — Fever, Acute Rheumatic — Fevers, Acute Rheumatic — Rheumatic Fever, Acute — Arthritis, Acute Rheumatic — Acute Rheumatic Arthritides — Acute Rheumatic Arthritis — Rheumatic Arthritis, Acute — Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute — Inflammatory Rheumatism — Inflammatory Rheumatisms — Rheumatism, Inflammatory — Polyarthritis Rheumatica — Polyarthritis Rheumaticas — Rheumatic Arthritis — Arthritis, Rheumatic — Rheumatic Arthritides — Rheumatism, Acute Articular — Acute Articular Rheumatism — Acute Articular Rheumatisms — Articular Rheumatism, Acute — Rheumatism, Articular, Acute