TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER A1 - Carapetis, Jonathan R. A2 - Kasper, Dennis L. A2 - Fauci, Anthony S. PY - 2017 T2 - Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e AB - Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a multisystem disease resulting from an autoimmune reaction to infection with group A STREPTOCOCCUS. Although many parts of the body may be affected, almost all of the manifestations resolve completely. The major exception is cardiac valvular damage (rheumatic heart disease [RHD]), which may persist after the other features have disappeared. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141407642 ER -