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  • Title: [Is there a rheumatic fever?].
    Author: Susković T, Jajić I, Zivanić-Radonjić S, Svaljek R.
    Journal: Lijec Vjesn; 1990; 112(5-6):159-64. PubMed ID: 2233113.
    Abstract:
    In 1988, 11 patients with a suspicion to rheumatic fever (RF) or acute polyarthritis were admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, "Dr. M. Stojanović". Eight patients have been extensively treated together with a physiatrist, while one of them on an outpatient basis. Follow-up has been from 3 to 9 months. Rheumatic fever was diagnosed with a certainty in only one patient. Three have had the diagnoses of Reiter's syndrome and individually, of infectional, ankylosing and rheumatoid arthritis. One patient is still followed up because of the symptomatic diagnosis of partially cured oligoarthritis or recurrent RF. The numerical relation of established diagnoses for the followed up patients has been in accordance with the decrease in incidence of RF both in our country and the world some decades ago. The possible causes of frequent diagnoses of RF in adults and the necessity of careful evaluation of clinical and laboratory parameters and the need to follow-up unclear polyarthritis even when the patients are not hospitalized, until the definite diagnosis has not been made is stressed in this paper. Therefore, the administration of corticosteroids has to be avoided in these patients, except in special cases.
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