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        The Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

        Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) occur at very high rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. ...

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        Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: Incidence and progression in the Northern Territory of Australia 1997 -2010

        The reduction in ARF recurrence indicates that the RHD control program has improved secondary prophylaxis; a decline in RHD incidence is expected to follow. ...

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        The microbiology of impetigo in Indigenous children

        Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of impetigo pathogens in a randomised, controlled trial of impetigo treatment conducted in remote Indigenous communities ...

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        Pediatric sepsis in the developing world.

        Sepsis is the leading killer of children worldwide, but this is not reflected in estimates of global mortality. ...

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        Is Streptococcus pyogenes resistant or susceptible to trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole?

        Streptococcus pyogenes is commonly believed to be resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT), resulting in reservations about using SXT for skin and... ...

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        A pilot study to develop assessment tools for Group A Streptococcus surveillance studies

        Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes pharyngitis (sore throat) and impetigo (skin sores) GAS pharyngitis triggers rheumatic fever (RF) with epidemiological evidence supporting that GAS impetigo may also trigger RF in Australian Aboriginal children. Understanding the concurrent burden of these superficial GAS infections is critical to RF prevention. This pilot study aimed to trial tools for concurrent surveillance of sore throats and skins sore for contemporary studies of RF pathogenesis including development of a sore throat checklist for Aboriginal families and pharynx photography. ...

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        Severe adverse events following benzathine penicillin G injection for rheumatic heart disease prophylaxis: cardiac compromise more likely than anaphylaxis

        These results indicate that anaphylaxis is not a major cause of adverse reactions to benzathine penicillin G ...

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        Prevalence of Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcal Throat Carriage and Prospective Pilot Surveillance of Streptococcal Sore Throat in Ugandan School Children

        The Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngeal carriage rates seen in Uganda (15.9%) are higher than the most recent pooled results globally, at 12% ...

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        Public health and economic perspectives on acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

        Efforts to eliminate ARF and RHD in Australia over the past decade have so far been unsuccessful, but this can change ...

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        RE-AIM evaluation of a teacher-delivered programme to improve the self-regulation of children attending Australian Aboriginal community primary schools

        Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment ...

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        Voices behind the statistics: A systematic literature review of the lived experience of rheumatic heart disease

        This systematic review presents a critical, interpretive analysis of publications that include lived experiences of rheumatic heart disease ...

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        The fall and rise of Group A Streptococcus diseases

        We overview the changing epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus infections and the genetic alterations that accompany the emergence of Group A Streptococcus strains ...

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