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Rampersadh K, Engel KC, Engel ME, Moodley C. A survey of antibiotic resistance patterns among Group A Streptococcus isolated from invasive and non-invasive infections in Cape Town, South Africa. Heliyon 2024; 10:e33694. [PMID: 39040411 PMCID: PMC11261099 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Background There is concern regarding the increasing resistance of Group A streptococcus (GAS) to routinely used antibiotics. GAS is a common cause of bacterial pharyngitis and more severe invasive infections such as septicaemia. Furthermore, GAS pharyngitis is the antecedent for serious conditions such as rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of GAS cultured from patients with invasive and non-invasive infections from Cape Town, as part of the AFROStrep Registry. Methods Samples were provided by the AFROStrep Registry, a continental endeavour aiming to document Streptococcus pyogenes infection in Africa and create the first biorepository of its kind. Ninety-five GAS isolates (invasive, n = 40; non-invasive, n = 55) were evaluated for resistance to a panel of 20 antibiotics using the Sensititre® STP6F system with MICs interpreted by CLSI break points. Results Amongst all isolates, highest levels of resistance were observed with respect to tetracycline (8.33 %), followed by azithromycin (1.04 %) and erythromycin (1.04 %). No resistance to the remaining antibiotics was detected amongst all isolates. No differences with regard to MIC values were observed between isolates from invasive and non-invasive infections (p-value >0.05 for all antibiotics). Conclusion GAS remains susceptible to routine-antimicrobial agents used in our low-resourced setting. Eight percent of the GAS isolates were resistant to tetracycline, and we did not observe macrolide resistance as reported in high income countries. This is the first study to report on the antimicrobial patterns of GAS in South Africa. These results address a critical gap in the available data on GAS in Africa and specifically South Africa and, thus, aid in avoiding therapeutic failures.
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- Kimona Rampersadh
- AFROStrep Research Initiative & PROTEA/Cape Heart Institute., University of Cape Town, Department of Medicine, Observatory, South Africa
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- AFROStrep Research Initiative & PROTEA/Cape Heart Institute., University of Cape Town, Department of Medicine, Observatory, South Africa
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- AFROStrep Research Initiative & PROTEA/Cape Heart Institute., University of Cape Town, Department of Medicine, Observatory, South Africa
- SA Cochrane Centre, South Africa Medical Research Council, Francie van Zijl Dr, Parow Valley 7501, South Africa
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- The National Health Laboratory Service, Microbiology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Williamson J, Remenyi B, Francis J, Morris P, Whalley G. Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Brief History and Implications for the Future. Heart Lung Circ 2024; 33:943-950. [PMID: 38670880 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Transthoracic echocardiography is the gold standard for early detection of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in asymptomatic children living in high-risk regions. Advances in technology allowing miniaturisation and increased portability of echocardiography devices have improved the accessibility of this vital diagnostic tool in RHD-endemic locations. Automation of image optimisation techniques and simplified RHD screening protocols permit use by non-experts after a brief period of training. While these changes are welcome advances in the battle to manage RHD, it is important that the sensitivity and specificity of RHD detection be maintained by all echocardiography users on any device to ensure accurate and timely diagnosis of RHD to facilitate initiation of appropriate therapy. This review of the evolution of echocardiography and its use in the detection of rheumatic valve disease may serve as a reminder of the key strengths and potential pitfalls of this increasingly relied-upon diagnostic test.
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- Jacqueline Williamson
- Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; NT Cardiac, Darwin, NT, Australia.
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- Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; NT Cardiac, Darwin, NT, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Bloom DE, Carapetis J. Strep A: challenges, opportunities, vaccine-based solutions, and economics. NPJ Vaccines 2024; 9:80. [PMID: 38641634 PMCID: PMC11031564 DOI: 10.1038/s41541-024-00863-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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This collection of articles focuses on Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) vaccine research and innovation, with a focus on emerging efforts to understand and estimate the full societal value of Strep A vaccination.
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- David E Bloom
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
- Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
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Nakagaayi D, Pulle J, Otim I, Akiya OC, Otto OH, Danforth K, Longenecker CT, Ollberding N, Sarnacki R, Nakitto M, Buonfiglio S, Rwebembera J, Sable C, Sherr K, Su Y, Webel A, Beaton A, Okello E, Watkins D. A decentralized delivery program for rheumatic heart disease treatment and prevention in Uganda. Nat Med 2024; 30:12-13. [PMID: 38167934 PMCID: PMC11160171 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02646-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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- Doreen Nakagaayi
- Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda.
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- Department of Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Research, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda
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- Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital Complex, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Di Sarno L, Curatola A, Pansini V, Caroselli A, Gatto A, Chiaretti A. Antibiotic treatment for streptococcal pharyngitis: time for a new approach? ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2023; 94:e2023219. [PMID: 38054680 PMCID: PMC10734236 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v94i6.14928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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- Lorenzo Di Sarno
- Department of Pediatrics. Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics. Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics. Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics. Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics. Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics. Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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Wiegele S, McKinnon E, van Schaijik B, Enkel S, Noonan K, Bowen AC, Wyber R. The epidemiology of superficial Streptococcal A (impetigo and pharyngitis) infections in Australia: A systematic review. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288016. [PMID: 38033025 PMCID: PMC10688633 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Streptoccocal A (Strep A, GAS) infections in Australia are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality through both invasive (iGAS) and post-streptococcal (postGAS) diseases as well as preceding superficial (sGAS) skin and throat infection. The burden of iGAS and postGAS are addressed in some jurisdictions by mandatory notification systems; in contrast, the burden of preceding sGAS has no reporting structure, and is less well defined. This review provides valuable, contemporaneous evidence on the epidemiology of sGAS presentations in Australia, informing preventative health projects such as a Streptococcal A vaccine and standardisation of primary care notification. METHODS AND FINDINGS MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, Global Health, Cochrane, CINAHL databases and the grey literature were searched for studies from an Australian setting relating to the epidemiology of sGAS infections between 1970 and 2020 inclusive. Extracted data were pooled for relevant population and subgroup analysis. From 5157 titles in the databases combined with 186 grey literature reports and following removal of duplicates, 4889 articles underwent preliminary title screening. The abstract of 519 articles were reviewed with 162 articles identified for full text review, and 38 articles identified for inclusion. The majority of data was collected for impetigo in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, remote communities, and in the Northern Territory, Australia. A paucity of data was noted for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in urban centres or with pharyngitis. Prevalence estimates have not significantly changed over time. Community estimates of impetigo point prevalence ranged from 5.5-66.1%, with a pooled prevalence of 27.9% [95% CI: 20.0-36.5%]. All studies excepting one included >80% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and all excepting two were in remote or very remote settings. Observed prevalence of impetigo as diagnosed in healthcare encounters was lower, with a pooled estimate of 10.6% [95% CI: 3.1-21.8%], and a range of 0.1-50.0%. Community prevalence estimates for pharyngitis ranged from 0.2-39.4%, with a pooled estimate of 12.5% [95% CI: 3.5-25.9%], higher than the prevalence of pharyngitis in healthcare encounters; ranging from 1.0-5.0%, and a pooled estimate of 2.0% [95% CI: 1.3-2.8%]. The review was limited by heterogeneity in study design and lack of comparator studies for some populations. CONCLUSIONS Superficial Streptococcal A infections contribute to an inequitable burden of disease in Australia and persists despite public health interventions. The burden in community studies is generally higher than in health-services settings, suggesting under-recognition, possible normalisation and missed opportunities for treatment to prevent postGAS. The available, reported epidemiology is heterogeneous. Standardised nation-wide notification for sGAS disease surveillance must be considered in combination with the development of a Communicable Diseases Network of Australia (CDNA) Series of National Guideline (SoNG), to accurately define and address disease burden across populations in Australia. TRIAL REGISTRATION This review is registered with PROSPERO. Registration number: CRD42019140440.
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- Sophie Wiegele
- Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Simpson MT, Kachel M, Neely RC, Erwin WC, Yasin A, Patel A, Rao DP, Pandey K, George I. Rheumatic Heart Disease in the Developing World. STRUCTURAL HEART : THE JOURNAL OF THE HEART TEAM 2023; 7:100219. [PMID: 38046860 PMCID: PMC10692356 DOI: 10.1016/j.shj.2023.100219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Despite recent public policy initiatives, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major source of morbidity worldwide. Rheumatic heart disease occurs as a sequela of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcal [GAS]) infection in patients with genetic susceptibility. Strategies for prevention of RHD or progression of RHD include prevention of GAS infection with community initiatives, effective treatment of GAS infection, and secondary prophylaxis with intramuscular penicillin. The cardiac surgical community has attempted to improve the availability of surgery in RHD-endemic areas with some success, and operative techniques and outcomes of valve repair continue to improve, potentially offering patients a safer, more durable operation. Innovation offers hope for a more scalable solution with improved biomaterials and transcatheter delivery technology; however, cost remains a barrier.
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- Michael T. Simpson
- Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Apollo Spectra Hospital, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cardiac Care, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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Liang Y, Yu D, Lu Q, Zheng Y, Yang Y. The rise and fall of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a mini review. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1183606. [PMID: 37288267 PMCID: PMC10242100 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1183606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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Introduction The incidences of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which were leading causes of death in children in the 1920s, have decreased substantially. Considering the recent resurgence of scarlet fever and increased incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis in children, an investigation of the current status of ARF and RHD may be worthwhile. Objective To summarize the prevalence trends, pathogenic factors, and prevention strategies for ARF and RHD in children. Methods A selective search of literature published between January 1920 and February 2023 was done in PubMed, using the terms "acute rheumatic fever", "rheumatic heart disease", "group A Streptococcus", "pharyngitis", "pharyngeal tonsillitis", "scarlet fever", "impetigo", "obstructive sleep apnea syndrome" and "child". Results Overcrowded homes and inadequate sanitation led to recurrent group A streptococcal infection, and the causal relationship between group A streptococcal infection and ARF/RHD was well established. Streptococcal infectious diseases, such as group A streptococcal pharyngeal tonsillitis, SF, impetigo, and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, were associated with the occurrence of ARF and RHD. ARF and RHD were still prevalent in young people of developing countries and economically poor populations of high-income countries. Universal disease registration systems were critical to locating disease outbreaks, tracking disease transmission, and identifying high-risk populations. Four-level prevention strategies were effective in reducing the incidence and mortality of ARF and RHD. Conclusions Registry and preventive measures for ARF and RHD should be strengthened in areas of dense population; poor sanitation; resurgence of SF; and high incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis, impetigo, and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
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- Yunmei Liang
- Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to the Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- Microbiology Laboratory, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- Microbiology Laboratory, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Gunnarsson RK, Ebell M, Centor R, Little P, Verheij T, Lindbæk M, Sundvall PD. Best management of patients with an acute sore throat – a critical analysis of current evidence and a consensus of experts from different countries and traditions. Infect Dis (Lond) 2023; 55:384-395. [PMID: 36971650 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2023.2191714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a very large body of publications discussing the management of patients with an acute sore throat. Advocates for a restrictive antibiotic policy and advocates for a more liberal use of antibiotics emphasise different and valid arguments and to date have not been able to unite in a consensus. Contradicting guidelines based on the same body of knowledge is not logical, may cause confusion and cause unwanted variation in clinical management. METHODS In multiple video meetings and email correspondence from March to November 2022 and finally in a workshop at the annual meeting for the North American Primary Care Group in November 2022, experts from different countries representing different traditions agreed on how the current evidence should be interpreted. RESULTS This critical analysis identifies that the problem can be resolved by introducing a new triage scheme considering both the acute risk for suppurative complications and sepsis as well as the long-term risk of developing rheumatic fever. CONCLUSIONS The new triage scheme may solve the long-standing problem of advocating for a restrictive use of antibiotics while also satisfying concerns that critically ill patients might be missed with severe consequences. We acknowledge that the perspective of this problem is vastly different between high- and low-income countries. Furthermore, we discuss the new trend which allows nurses and pharmacists to independently manage these patients and the increased need for safety netting required for such management.
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Evaluating efficiency and equity of prevention and control strategies for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. Lancet Glob Health 2023; 11:e445-e455. [PMID: 36796988 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00552-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is a dearth of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of a combination of population-based primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and control strategies for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The present analysis evaluated the cost-effectiveness and distributional effect of primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions and their combinations for the prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India. METHODS A Markov model was constructed to estimate the lifetime costs and consequences among a hypothetical cohort of 5-year-old healthy children. Both health system costs and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) were included. OOPE and health-related quality-of-life were assessed by interviewing 702 patients enrolled in a population-based rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease registry in India. Health consequences were measured in terms of life-years and quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) gained. Furthermore, an extended cost-effectiveness analysis was undertaken to assess the costs and outcomes across different wealth quartiles. All future costs and consequences were discounted at an annual rate of 3%. FINDINGS A combination of secondary and tertiary prevention strategies, which had an incremental cost of ₹23 051 (US$30) per QALY gained, was the most cost-effective strategy for the prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India. The number of rheumatic heart disease cases prevented among the population belonging to the poorest quartile (four cases per 1000) was four times higher than the richest quartile (one per 1000). Similarly, the reduction in OOPE after the intervention was higher among the poorest income group (29·8%) than among the richest income group (27·0%). INTERPRETATION The combined secondary and tertiary prevention and control strategy is the most cost-effective option for the management of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in India, and the benefits of public spending are likely to be accrued much more by those in the lowest income groups. The quantification of non-health gains provides strong evidence for informing policy decisions by efficient resource allocation on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease prevention and control in India. FUNDING Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.
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Eleid MF, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Gersh BJ. Valvular Heart Disease: New Concepts in Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches. Annu Rev Med 2023; 74:155-170. [PMID: 36400067 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-042921-122533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review discusses recent advancements in the field of valvular heart disease. Topics covered include recognition of the impact of atrial fibrillation on development and assessment of valvular disease, strategies for global prevention of rheumatic heart disease, understanding and management of secondary mitral regurgitation, the updated classification of bicuspid aortic valve disease, recognition of heightened cardiovascular risk associated with moderate aortic stenosis, and a growing armamentarium of transcatheter therapies.
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- Mackram F Eleid
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
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Weitkunat A, Targosinski S, Bauer B, Grünert JG, Winsauer S. [The Emerging Interest in Breast Implant Illness and its impact on Patient Behavior]. HANDCHIR MIKROCHIR P 2022; 54:489-494. [PMID: 36343629 DOI: 10.1055/a-1901-9041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Breast implant illness (BII) is a loosely defined term for a collection of non-specific systemic symptoms that are hypothesised to be associated with breast implants. BII symptoms include fatigue, hair loss, rashes, chronic pain, and others. However, conclusive evidence for a causal relationship between silicone implants and BII remains lacking. In the light of recent findings that textured implants can, in rare cases, lead to breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a potential link between breast implants and BII is conceivable and justifies further investigation. We observe a growing number of patients seeking consultation and treatment for systemic symptoms related to breast implants, which is reflected in increasing interest in literature and social media. The aim of this work was to investigate the growing interest in BII. We now describe the clinical features of a patient who suffers from symptoms that are consistent with BII and contextualise clinical presentation in a review of literature and google trend analysis.
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- Adina Weitkunat
- Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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- Klinik für Hand-, Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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Ralph AP, Kelly A, Lee AM, Mungatopi VL, Babui SR, Budhathoki NK, Wade V, de Dassel JL, Wyber R. Evaluation of a Community-Led Program for Primordial and Primary Prevention of Rheumatic Fever in Remote Northern Australia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph191610215. [PMID: 36011846 PMCID: PMC9407981 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191610215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Environmental factors including household crowding and inadequate washing facilities underpin recurrent streptococcal infections in childhood that cause acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and subsequent rheumatic heart disease (RHD). No community-based 'primordial'-level interventions to reduce streptococcal infection and ARF rates have been reported from Australia previously. We conducted a study at three Australian Aboriginal communities aiming to reduce infections including skin sores and sore throats, usually caused by Group A Streptococci, and ARF. Data were collected for primary care diagnoses consistent with likely or potential streptococcal infection, relating to ARF or RHD or related to environmental living conditions. Rates of these diagnoses during a one-year Baseline Phase were compared with a three-year Activity Phase. Participants were children or adults receiving penicillin prophylaxis for ARF. Aboriginal community members were trained and employed to share knowledge about ARF prevention, support reporting and repairs of faulty health-hardware including showers and provide healthcare navigation for families focusing on skin sores, sore throat and ARF. We hypothesized that infection-related diagnoses would increase through greater recognition, then decrease. We enrolled 29 participants and their families. Overall infection-related diagnosis rates increased from Baseline (mean rate per-person-year 1.69 [95% CI 1.10-2.28]) to Year One (2.12 [95% CI 1.17-3.07]) then decreased (Year Three: 0.72 [95% CI 0.29-1.15]) but this was not statistically significant (p = 0.064). Annual numbers of first-known ARF decreased, but numbers were small: there were six cases of first-known ARF during Baseline, then five, 1, 0 over the next three years respectively. There was a relationship between household occupancy and numbers (p = 0.018), but not rates (p = 0.447) of infections. This first Australian ARF primordial prevention study provides a feasible model with encouraging findings.
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- Anna P. Ralph
- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0810, Australia
- Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin 0810, Australia
- Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin 0810, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0810, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0810, Australia
- Sunrise Health Corporation, Katherine 0850, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0810, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0810, Australia
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin 0810, Australia
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- Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin 0810, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth 6000, Australia
- George Institute for Global Health, Sydney 2000, Australia
- Australian National University, Canberra 2610, Australia
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Gunnarsson R, Orda U, Elliott B, Heal C, Del Mar C. What is the optimal strategy for managing primary care patients with an uncomplicated acute sore throat? Comparing the consequences of nine different strategies using a compilation of previous studies. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e059069. [PMID: 35487741 PMCID: PMC9058799 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Identifying optimal strategies for managing patients of any age with varying risk of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) attending for an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat, also clarifying the role of point-of-care testing (POCT) for presence of group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) in these settings. DESIGN We compared outcomes of adhering to nine different strategies for managing these patients in primary healthcare. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The nine strategies, similar to guidelines from several countries, were tested against two validation data sets being constructs from seven prior studies. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The proportion of patients requiring a POCT, prescribed antibiotics, prescribed antibiotics having GABHS and finally having GABHS not prescribed antibiotics, if different strategies had been adhered to. RESULTS In a scenario with high risk of ARF, adhering to existing guidelines would risk many patients ill from GABHS left without antibiotics. Hence, using a POCT on all of these patients minimised their risk. For low-risk patients, it is reasonable to only consider antibiotics if the patient has more than low pain levels despite adequate analgesia, 3-4 Centor scores (or 2-3 FeverPAIN scores or 3-4 McIsaac scores) and a POCT confirming the presence of GABHS. This would require testing only 10%-15% of patients and prescribing antibiotics to only 3.5%-6.6%. CONCLUSIONS Patients with high or low risk for ARF needs to be managed very differently. POCT can play an important role in safely targeting the use of antibiotics for patients with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat.
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- Ronny Gunnarsson
- School of Public Health and Community Medicine - General Practice/Family Medicine, Göteborgs universitet Institutionen för medicin, Goteborg, Sweden
- Research, Development, Education and Innovation, Primary Health Care, Västra Götalandsregionen, Göteborg, Sweden
- Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- The primary health care clinic for homeless people, Närhälsan, Region Västra Götaland, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Mount Isa Hospital, North West Hospital and Health Service, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Wyber R, Lizama C, Wade V, Pearson G, Carapetis J, Ralph AP, Bowen AC, Peiris D. Improving primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever in Australia: consensus primary care priorities identified through an eDelphi process. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e056239. [PMID: 35273057 PMCID: PMC8915338 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To establish the priorities of primary care providers to improve assessment and treatment of skin sores and sore throats among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at risk of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). DESIGN Modified eDelphi survey, informed by an expert focus group and literature review. SETTING Primary care services in any one of the five Australian states or territories with a high burden of ARF. PARTICIPANTS People working in any primary care role within the last 5 years in jurisdiction with a high burden of ARF. RESULTS Nine people participated in the scoping expert focus group which informed identification of an access framework for subsequent literature review. Fifteen broad concepts, comprising 29 strategies and 63 different actions, were identified on this review. These concepts were presented to participants in a two-round eDelphi survey. Twenty-six participants from five jurisdictions participated, 16/26 (62%) completed both survey rounds. Seven strategies were endorsed as high priorities. Most were demand-side strategies with a focus on engaging communities and individuals in accessible, comprehensive, culturally appropriate primary healthcare. Eight strategies were not endorsed as high priority, all of which were supply-side approaches. Qualitative responses highlighted the importance of a comprehensive primary healthcare approach as standard of care rather than disease-specific strategies related to management of skin sores and sore throat. CONCLUSION Primary care staff priorities should inform Australia's commitments to reduce the burden of RHD. In particular, strategies to support comprehensive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary care services rather than an exclusive focus on discrete, disease-specific initiatives are needed.
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- Rosemary Wyber
- Health Systems Science, The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Aboriginal Health Institute Leadership Team, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- General Medicine and Inectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Health Systems Science, The George Institute for Global Health, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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Poole NM, Frost H. Targets and Methods to Improve Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Patients. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2022; 36:187-202. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Piepoli MF, Adamo M, Barison A, Bestetti RB, Biegus J, Böhm M, Butler J, Carapetis J, Ceconi C, Chioncel O, Coats A, Crespo-Leiro MG, de Simone G, Drexel H, Emdin M, Farmakis D, Halle M, Heymans S, Jaarsma T, Jankowska E, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Løchen ML, Lopatin Y, Maggioni A, Matrone B, Metra M, Noonan K, Pina I, Prescott E, Rosano G, Seferovic PM, Sliwa K, Stewart S, Uijl A, Vaartjes I, Vermeulen R, Verschuren WM, Volterrani M, Von Haehling S, Hoes A. Preventing heart failure: a position paper of the Heart Failure Association in collaboration with the European Association of Preventive Cardiology. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2022; 29:275-300. [PMID: 35083485 DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The heart failure epidemic is growing and its prevention, in order to reduce associated hospital readmission rates and its clinical and economic burden, is a key issue in modern cardiovascular medicine. The present consensus document aims to provide practical evidence-based information to support the implementation of effective preventive measures. After reviewing the most common risk factors, an overview of the population attributable risks in different continents is presented, to identify potentially effective opportunities for prevention and to inform preventive strategies. Finally, potential interventions that have been proposed and have been shown to be effective in preventing HF are listed.
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- Massimo F Piepoli
- Cardiac Unit, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Heart Diseases, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'C.C. Iliescu', Bucharest, Romania
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- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC): CIBERCV, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Instituto Ciencias Biomedicas A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Landeskrankenhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
- VIVIT, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Sport and Health Sciences, Policlinic for Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine, TUM School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linkoping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Division of Cardiology, General Hospital Murska Sobota and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Volgograd State Medical University, Regional Cardiology Centre, Volgograd, Russian Federation
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Bispebjerg Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Belgrade University Faculty of Medicine, Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Heart & Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Heart & Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center, University of Göttingen Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Göttingen, Germany
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Piepoli MF, Adamo M, Barison A, Bestetti RB, Biegus J, Böhm M, Butler J, Carapetis J, Ceconi C, Chioncel O, Coats A, Crespo-Leiro MG, de Simone G, Drexel H, Emdin M, Farmakis D, Halle M, Heymans S, Jaarsma T, Jankowska E, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Løchen ML, Lopatin Y, Maggioni A, Matrone B, Metra M, Noonan K, Pina I, Prescott E, Rosano G, Seferovic PM, Sliwa K, Stewart S, Uijl A, Vaartjes I, Vermeulen R, Monique Verschuren WM, Volterrani M, von Heahling S, Hoes A. Preventing heart failure: a position paper of the Heart Failure Association in collaboration with the European Association of Preventive Cardiology. Eur J Heart Fail 2022; 24:143-168. [PMID: 35083829 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The heart failure epidemic is growing and its prevention, in order to reduce associated hospital readmission rates and its clinical and economic burden, is a key issue in modern cardiovascular medicine. The present position paper aims to provide practical evidence-based information to support the implementation of effective preventive measures. After reviewing the most common risk factors, an overview of the population attributable risks in different continents is presented, to identify potentially effective opportunities for prevention and to inform preventive strategies. Finally, potential interventions that have been proposed and have been shown to be effective in preventing heart failure are listed.
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- Massimo F Piepoli
- Cardiac Unit, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Heart Diseases, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- University of Medicine Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
- Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases 'C.C. Iliescu', Bucharest, Romania
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- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC): CIBERCV, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Instituto Ciencias Biomedicas A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Landeskrankenhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
- VIVIT, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Sport and Health Sciences, Policlinic for Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine, TUM School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linkoping University, Linköping, Sweden
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Division of Cardiology, General Hospital Murska Sobota and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Volgograd State Medical University, Regional Cardiology Centre, Volgograd, Russian Federation
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Bispebjerg Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Belgrade University Faculty of Medicine, Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Heart & Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Heart & Lungs, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center, University of Göttingen Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Göttingen, Germany
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Boyarchuk O, Mochulska O, Komorovsky R. Diagnosis and management of pharyngitis in children: a survey study in Ukraine. Germs 2021; 11:363-371. [PMID: 34722358 DOI: 10.18683/germs.2021.1273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Introduction The purpose of our study was to evaluate the knowledge of pediatricians in diagnosis and management of sore throat in children and to identify further ways to raise their awareness. Methods We conducted a survey among pediatricians on evaluation of diagnosis and management of pharyngitis in children. The study involved pediatricians of Ternopil region, Ukraine. Overall, 112 pediatricians participated in the study. Among the participants 79 (70.5%) were primary care physicians and 33 (29.5%) worked in the secondary and tertiary care hospitals. Results Overall, 70.5% of pediatricians prescribed a throat swab for patients with pharyngitis in selected cases. However, they rarely (20 %) used Centor or McIsaak criteria to choose management strategy of sore throat. Amoxicillin as a first-line antibiotic for streptococcal pharyngitis was chosen by 66.1% of respondents and primary care pediatricians prescribed it more often than pediatricians in hospitals (p<0.001), but antibiotic therapy was prescribed for 10 days only by 52.7% of respondents. Less than half of the correct answers were to the questions related to prescription of antibacterial therapy in healthy children, in which GAS is detected in throat swab (39.3%) and in cases of positive antistreptolysin O (ASL-O - 25.9%). Conclusions The study showed a wide range of knowledge of pediatricians about the diagnosis and management of GAS pharyngitis - from satisfactory responses concerning prescription of antibiotic therapy to low level of knowledge about the diagnosis and determination of strategies in healthy carriers. These data emphasize the need to improve knowledge about the strategies of GAS pharyngitis control.
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- Oksana Boyarchuk
- MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Head of the Department of Children's Diseases and Pediatric Surgery, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, 1, Maydan Voli, Ternopil, 46001, Ukraine
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- MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Department of Children's Diseases and Pediatric Surgery, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, 1, Maydan Voli, Ternopil, 46001, Ukraine
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- MD, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, 1, Maydan Voli, Ternopil, 46001, Ukraine
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease of poverty, which presents challenges for patients, communities, and health systems. These effects are magnified in low resource countries, which bear the highest disease burden. When considering the impact of RHD, it is imperative that we widen our lens in order to better understand how RHD impacts the over 40 million people currently living with this preventable condition and their communities. We aimed to perform an updated literature review on the global impact of RHD, examining a broad range of aspects from disease burden to impact on healthcare system to socioeconomic implications. RECENT FINDINGS RHD accounts for 1.6% of all cardiovascular deaths, resulting in 306,000 deaths yearly, with a much higher contribution in low- and middle-income countries, where 82% of the deaths occurred in 2015. RHD can result in severe health adverse outcomes, markedly heart failure, arrhythmias, stroke and embolisms, and ultimately premature death. Thus, preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions are required, although insufficiently available in undersourced settings. As examples, anticoagulation management is poor in endemic regions - and novel oral anticoagulants cannot be recommended - and less than 15% of those in need have access to interventional procedures and valve replacement in Africa. RHD global impact remains high and unequally distributed, with a marked impact on lower resourced populations. This preventable disease negatively affects not only patients, but also the societies and health systems within which they live, presenting broad challenges and high costs along the pathway of prevention, diagnosis, and management.
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- Kaitlyn Lam
- Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Division of Paediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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de Loizaga SR, Beaton AZ, Nascimento BR, Macedo FVB, Spolaor BCM, de Pádua LB, Ribeiro TFS, Oliveira GCF, Oliveira LR, de Almeida LFR, Moura TD, de Barros TT, Sable C, Nunes MCP. Diagnosing rheumatic heart disease: where are we now and what are the challenges? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2021; 19:777-786. [PMID: 34424119 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1970531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a sequela of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), affects 40.5 million people worldwide. The burden of disease disproportionately falls on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and sub-populations within high-income countries (HIC). Advances have been made in earlier detection of RHD, though several barriers to ideal management persist. AREAS COVERED This article reviews the current burden of RHD, highlighting the disparate impact of disease. It also reviews the clinical and echocardiographic presentation of RHD, as some may present in late stages of disease with associated complications. Finally, we review the advances which have been made in echocardiographic screening to detect latent RHD, highlighting the challenges which remain regarding secondary prophylaxis management and uncertainty of best practices for treatment of latent RHD. EXPERT OPINION Advances in technology and validation of portable echocardiography have made screening and identifying latent RHD feasible in the most burdened regions. However, uncertainty remains around best management of those with latent RHD and best methods to ensure ideal secondary prophylaxis for RHD. Research regarding latent RHD management, as well as continued work on innovative solutions (such as group A streptococcal vaccine), are promising as efforts to improve outcomes of this preventable disease persist.
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- Sarah R de Loizaga
- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.,University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Oh, United States
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Ufmg, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Mg, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Ufmg, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Mg, Brazil
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Marijon E, Mocumbi A, Narayanan K, Jouven X, Celermajer DS. Persisting burden and challenges of rheumatic heart disease. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:3338-3348. [PMID: 34263296 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the result of episodes of acute rheumatic fever with valvular (and other cardiac) damage caused by an abnormal immune response to group A streptococcal infections, usually during childhood and adolescence. As a result of improved living conditions and the introduction of penicillin, RHD was almost eradicated in the developed world by the 1980s. However, being a disease of poverty, its burden remains disproportionately high in the developing world, despite being a fundamentally preventable disease. Rheumatic heart disease generates relatively little attention from the medical and science communities, in contrast to other common infectious problems (such as malaria, HIV, tuberculosis), despite the major cardiovascular morbidity/mortality burden imposed by RHD. This relative neglect and paucity of funding have probably contributed to limited fundamental medical advances in this field for over 50 years. Given the importance of prevention before the onset of major valvular damage, the main challenges for RHD prevention are improving social circumstances, early diagnosis, and effective delivery of antibiotic prophylaxis. Early identification through ultrasound of silent, subclinical rheumatic valve lesions could provide an opportunity for early intervention. Simple echocardiographic diagnostic criteria and appropriately trained personnel can be valuable aids in large-scale public health efforts. In addition, a better understanding of the immunogenic determinants of the disease may provide potential routes to vaccine development and other novel therapies.
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- Eloi Marijon
- University of Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Global Health Unit, Paris F-75015, France.,Cardiology Department, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.,Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene, Mozambique
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- University of Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Global Health Unit, Paris F-75015, France.,Medicover Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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- University of Paris, PARCC, INSERM, Global Health Unit, Paris F-75015, France.,Cardiology Department, European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Robinson JL. Paediatrics: how to manage pharyngitis in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance. Drugs Context 2021; 10:dic-2020-11-6. [PMID: 33828608 PMCID: PMC8007209 DOI: 10.7573/dic.2020-11-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The goal of this narrative review of pharyngitis is to summarize the practical aspects of the management of sore throat in children in high- and middle-income countries. A traditional review of the literature was performed. Most cases of pharyngitis are viral and self-limited, although rarely viral pharyngitis due to Epstein–Barr leads to airway obstruction. Bacterial pharyngitis is usually due to group A streptococcus (GAS), occurs primarily in children aged 5–15 years, and presents as sore throat in the absence of rhinitis, laryngitis or cough. Again, most cases are self-limited; antibiotics hasten recovery by only 1–2 days. Guidelines vary by country, but antibiotics are commonly recommended for proven GAS pharyngitis as they may prevent rare but severe complications, in particular rheumatic fever (RF). In this era of antimicrobial stewardship, it should be extremely rare that antibiotics are prescribed for presumed GAS pharyngitis until GAS has been detected. Even with proven GAS pharyngitis, it is controversial whether children at low risk for RF should routinely be prescribed antibiotics as the number needed to treat to prevent one case of RF is undoubtedly very large. When treatment is offered, the antibiotics of choice are penicillin or amoxicillin as they are narrow spectrum and resistance resulting in clinical failure is yet to be documented. A 10-day oral course is recommended as shorter courses appear to be less likely to clear carriage of GAS. However, the evidence that one needs to clear carriage to prevent RF is low quality and indirect.
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- Joan L Robinson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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During the 1920s, acute rheumatic fever (ARF) was the leading cause of mortality in children in the United States. By the 1980s, many felt ARF had all but disappeared from the US. However, although ARF and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) rates remain low in the US today, disease burden is unequal and tracks along other disparities of cardiovascular health. It is estimated that 1% to 3% of patients with untreated group A streptococcus (GAS) infection, most typically GAS pharyngitis, will develop ARF, and of these, up to 60% of cases will result in chronic RHD. This article reviews the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of ARF/RHD to increase awareness of ARF/RHD for clinicians based in the US. [Pediatr Ann. 2021;50(3):e98-e104.].
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Wyber R, Noonan K, Halkon C, Enkel S, Cannon J, Haynes E, Mitchell AG, Bessarab DC, Katzenellenbogen JM, Bond-Smith D, Seth R, D'Antoine H, Ralph AP, Bowen AC, Brown A, Carapetis JR. Ending rheumatic heart disease in Australia: the evidence for a new approach. Med J Aust 2020; 213 Suppl 10:S3-S31. [PMID: 33190287 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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■The RHD Endgame Strategy: the blueprint to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Australia by 2031 (the Endgame Strategy) is the blueprint to eliminate rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Australia by 2031. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live with one of the highest per capita burdens of RHD in the world. ■The Endgame Strategy synthesises information compiled across the 5-year lifespan of the End Rheumatic Heart Disease Centre of Research Excellence (END RHD CRE). Data and results from priority research projects across several disciplines of research complemented literature reviews, systematic reviews and narrative reviews. Further, the experiences of those working in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and RHD control and those living with RHD to provide the technical evidence for eliminating RHD in Australia were included. ■The lived experience of RHD is a critical factor in health outcomes. All future strategies to address ARF and RHD must prioritise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's knowledge, perspectives and experiences and develop co-designed approaches to RHD elimination. The environmental, economic, social and political context of RHD in Australia is inexorably linked to ending the disease. ■Statistical modelling undertaken in 2019 looked at the economic and health impacts of implementing an indicative strategy to eliminate RHD by 2031. Beginning in 2019, the strategy would include: reducing household crowding, improving hygiene infrastructure, strengthening primary health care and improving secondary prophylaxis. It was estimated that the strategy would prevent 663 deaths and save the health care system $188 million. ■The Endgame Strategy provides the evidence for a new approach to RHD elimination. It proposes an implementation framework of five priority action areas. These focus on strategies to prevent new cases of ARF and RHD early in the causal pathway from Streptococcus pyogenes exposure to ARF, and strategies that address the critical systems and structural changes needed to support a comprehensive RHD elimination strategy.
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- Rosemary Wyber
- George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW.,Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA.,University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA.,Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA.,University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
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Pearce S, Bowen AC, Engel ME, de la Lande M, Barth DD. The incidence of sore throat and group A streptococcal pharyngitis in children at high risk of developing acute rheumatic fever: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242107. [PMID: 33206687 PMCID: PMC7673496 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis has traditionally been considered the sole precursor of acute rheumatic fever (ARF). Evidence from Australia, however, suggests that GAS skin infections may contribute to the pathogenesis of ARF. A missing piece of evidence is the incidence of sore throat and GAS pharyngitis in this setting. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of sore throat and GAS pharyngitis in all children at risk of developing ARF. METHODS Databases were systematically searched for studies reporting on the incidence of pharyngitis among children from low to upper-middle income countries, and Indigenous children living in high-income countries. Studies were subjected to data extraction by two independent reviewers. Following an assessment of the methodological quality of the studies, we extracted incidence rates (IRs) and conducted a meta-analysis. This systematic review is registered on PROSPERO (CRD42019113019). RESULTS From 607 titles identified by the search, 11 articles met the predetermined inclusion criteria; ten studies reported IRs while for the remaining study, the incidence was calculated. The pooled incidence estimated for sore throat was 82.5 per 100 child-years (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.5 to 1044.4 per 100 child-years, I2 = 100%) and GAS pharyngitis was 10.8 per 100 child-years (95% CI, 2.3 to 50.0 per 100 child-years, I2 = 99.9%). CONCLUSIONS The pooled IRs for sore throat in children at risk of developing ARF were higher than rates reported in developed nations (32.70-40 per 100 child-years) and similar for GAS pharyngitis (12.8-14 per 100 years). The limited Australian data lend support to the need for further studies to inform the role of GAS pharyngitis in the development of ARF in Australian Indigenous children, so as to inform local primary prevention strategies for ARF and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD).
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- Sarah Pearce
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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Ralph AP, Noonan S, Wade V, Currie BJ. The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Med J Aust 2020; 214:220-227. [DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Menzies School of Health Research Darwin NT
- Royal Darwin Hospital Darwin NT
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Kobayashi I, Takezaki S, Tozawa Y, Ueki M, Hayashi A, Yamazaki T, Sato Y, Okamoto T, Yamada M, Ariga T. Coexistence of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever in a Japanese girl with primary Sjögren's syndrome. Mod Rheumatol Case Rep 2020; 4:262-266. [PMID: 33087015 DOI: 10.1080/24725625.2020.1728060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Although acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) and acute rheumatic fever (ARF) are well-known complications of group A streptococcus infection, concomitant occurrence of both diseases is rare. We report an 11-year-old Japanese girl with primary Sjögren's syndrome complicated by acute renal failure about 2 weeks after the onset of pharyngitis. Although histopathological findings of the kidney were not confirmative, APSGN was suggested by the spontaneous recovery of her renal function, typical latent period with high levels of antistreptolysin O and low serum levels of C3 but not of C4. In addition, cardiac hypomotility and regurgitation of the 4 valves progressed in the convalescent phase of APSGN, which was accompanied by elevation of serum C-reactive protein and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels. Myocarditis was suggested by delayed gadolinium-enhancement of cardiac walls on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. She was diagnosed with APSGN and ARF and was treated with a combination of short course prednisolone and prophylactic penicillin G. There is no relapse of renal or cardiac symptoms during 6 years follow-up. Unexpected elevation of plasma BNP in a convalescent stage of APSGN suggests the development of ARF. Underlying Sjögren's syndrome (SS) may modify the histopathological findings and make it difficult to differentiate APSGN from CTD-associated nephritis such as lupus nephritis (LN) even by renal biopsy.
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- Ichiro Kobayashi
- Center for Pediatric Allergy and Rheumatology, KKR Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan.,Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Beaton A, Kamalembo FB, Dale J, Kado JH, Karthikeyan G, Kazi DS, Longenecker CT, Mwangi J, Okello E, Ribeiro ALP, Taubert KA, Watkins DA, Wyber R, Zimmerman M, Carapetis J. The American Heart Association's Call to Action for Reducing the Global Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2020; 142:e358-e368. [PMID: 33070654 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects ≈40 million people and claims nearly 300 000 lives each year. The historic passing of a World Health Assembly resolution on RHD in 2018 now mandates a coordinated global response. The American Heart Association is committed to serving as a global champion and leader in RHD care and prevention. Here, we pledge support in 5 key areas: (1) professional healthcare worker education and training, (2) technical support for the implementation of evidence-based strategies for rheumatic fever/RHD prevention, (3) access to essential medications and technologies, (4) research, and (5) advocacy to increase global awareness, resources, and capacity for RHD control. In bolstering the efforts of the American Heart Association to combat RHD, we hope to inspire others to collaborate, communicate, and contribute.
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Tarasoutchi F, Montera MW, Ramos AIDO, Sampaio RO, Rosa VEE, Accorsi TAD, Santis AD, Fernandes JRC, Pires LJT, Spina GS, Vieira MLC, Lavitola PDL, Ávila WS, Paixão MR, Bignoto T, Togna DJD, Mesquita ET, Esteves WADM, Atik F, Colafranceschi AS, Moises VA, Kiyose AT, Pomerantzeff PMA, Lemos PA, Brito Junior FSD, Weksler C, Brandão CMDA, Poffo R, Simões R, Rassi S, Leães PE, Mourilhe-Rocha R, Pena JLB, Jatene FB, Barbosa MDM, Abizaid A, Ribeiro HB, Bacal F, Rochitte CE, Fonseca JHDAPD, Ghorayeb SKN, Lopes MACQ, Spina SV, Pignatelli RH, Saraiva JFK. Update of the Brazilian Guidelines for Valvular Heart Disease - 2020. Arq Bras Cardiol 2020; 115:720-775. [PMID: 33111877 PMCID: PMC8386977 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20201047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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- Flavio Tarasoutchi
- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia (FUC), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil
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- Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
- Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
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- Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil
- Hospital Felício Rocho, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) do Hospital de Clínica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Sociedade Campineira de Educação e Instrução Mantenedora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, SP - Brasil
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Gunnarsson R, Ebell MH, Wächtler H, Manchal N, Reid L, Malmberg S, Hawkey S, Hay AD, Hedin K, Sundvall PD. Association between guidelines and medical practitioners' perception of best management for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat: a cross-sectional survey in five countries. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e037884. [PMID: 32948565 PMCID: PMC7500311 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between guidelines and the medical practitioners' perception of optimal care for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat in five countries (Australia, Germany, Sweden, UK and USA). DESIGN International cross-sectional survey. SETTING Primary healthcare (PHC). PARTICIPANTS Medical practitioners working in PHC. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES ORs for: (A) perception of throat swabs as important, (B) perception of blood tests (C reactive protein, B-ESR and B-leucocytes) as important and (C) antibiotic prescriptions if no pathogenic bacteria isolated on throat swab. RESULTS Guidelines differed significantly; those recommending throat swabs (Sweden and USA) were associated with practitioners perceiving them as important. The UK guideline was the only one actively discouraging the use of throat swabs. Hence, compared with the USA (reference), a throat swab showing no pathogenic bacteria increased the probability of antibiotic prescribing in the UK with OR 3.2 (95% CI 1.7 to 6.1) for adults, whereas it reduced the probability in Sweden for adults OR 0.35 (95% CI 0.13 to 0.96) and children 0.19 (95% CI 0.069 to 0.50). CONCLUSIONS The differences between practitioners' perceptions of best management were associated with their guidelines. It remains unclear if guidelines influenced medical practitioners' perception or if guidelines merely reflect the consensus of current practice. A larger effort should be made to reach an international consensus in high-income countries about the best management of patients attending for an uncomplicated acute sore throat.
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- Ronny Gunnarsson
- General Practice / Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Research, Development, Education and Innovation, Primary Health Care, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for General Practice, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Cairns Clinical School, James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Cairns Clinical School, James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- General Practice / Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Linköpings universitet Institutionen för medicin och hälsa, Linkoping, Sweden
- Futurum Academy of Health and Care, Jonkoping, Sweden
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- General Practice / Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Research, Development, Education and Innovation, Primary Health Care, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Miller T, Aung Y, Blundell D, Kona ASESA. Unusual presentation of rheumatic fever in a 3-year-old child in the UK. BMJ Case Rep 2020; 13:e232595. [PMID: 32912878 PMCID: PMC7482525 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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In the developed world, acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is rare. When it does arise, symptoms commonly include fever, arthralgia and rash. We describe a presentation of a 3-year-old child with ARF in a UK District General Hospital. The patient had a 6-week history of diarrhoea, rash and intermittent right hip arthralgia. This was initially thought to be a viral illness until she re-presented with shortness of breath and fever with a pan-systolic murmur. A throat-culture was negative, but an anti-streptolysin titre was elevated, with a bedside echocardiogram demonstrating moderate to severe mitral regurgitation. The young child was transferred to the local tertiary centre for further management; however, she went on to develop acute left ventricular failure. This case illustrates the need to be vigilant for the presentation of a rare illness, such as rheumatic fever, as there can be significant impacts on the quality of life of young patients.
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- Taryn Miller
- Paediatric Department, North Cumbria University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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- Department of Children and Young People, North Cumbria University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Whitehaven, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Is acute rheumatic fever causally associated with a 6-day antibiotics therapy for pharyngitis? J Pediatr 2020; 221:262. [PMID: 32303355 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.02.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ubels J, Sable C, Beaton AZ, Nunes MCP, Oliveira KKB, Rabelo LC, Teixeira IM, Ruiz GZL, Rabelo LMM, Tompsett AR, Ribeiro ALP, Sahlen KG, Nascimento BR. Cost-Effectiveness of Rheumatic Heart Disease Echocardiographic Screening in Brazil: Data from the PROVAR+ Study: Cost-effectiveness of RHD screening in Brazil. Glob Heart 2020; 15:18. [PMID: 32489791 PMCID: PMC7218764 DOI: 10.5334/gh.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Introduction In recent years, new technologies - noticeably ultra-portable echocardiographic machines - have emerged, allowing for Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) early diagnosis. We aimed to perform a cost-utility analysis to assess the cost-effectiveness of RHD screening with handheld devices in the Brazilian context. Methods A Markov model was created to assess the cost-effectiveness of one-time screening for RHD in a hypothetical cohort of 11-year-old socioeconomically disadvantaged children, comparing the intervention to standard care using a public perspective and a 30-year time horizon. The model consisted of 13 states: No RHD, Undiagnosed Asymptomatic Borderline RHD, Diagnosed Asymptomatic Borderline RHD, Untreated Asymptomatic Definite RHD, Treated Asymptomatic Definite RHD, Untreated Mild Clinical RHD, Treated Mild Clinical RHD, Untreated Severe Clinical RHD, Treated Severe Clinical RHD, Surgery, Post-Surgery and Death. The initial distribution of the population over the different states was derived from primary echo screening data. Costs of the different states were derived from the Brazilian public health system database. Transition probabilities and utilities were derived from published studies. A discount rate of 3%/year was used. A cost-effectiveness threshold of $25,949.85 per Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) averted is used in concordance with the 3x GDP per capita threshold in 2015. Results RHD echo screening is cost-effective with an Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio of $10,148.38 per DALY averted. Probabilistic modelling shows that the intervention could be considered cost-effective in 70% of the iterations. Conclusion Screening for RHD with hand held echocardiographic machines in 11-year-old children in the target population is cost-effective in the Brazilian context. Highlights A cost-effectiveness analysis showed that Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) echocardiographic screening utilizing handheld devices, performed by non-physicians with remote interpretation by telemedicine is cost-effective in a 30-year time horizon in Brazil.The model included primary data from the first large-scale RHD screening program in Brazilian underserved populations and costs from the Unified Health System (SUS), and suggests that the Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio of the intervention is considerably below the acceptable threshold for Brazil, even after a detailed sensitivity analysis.Considering the high prevalence of subclinical RHD in Brazil, and the significant economic burden posed by advanced disease, these data are important for the formulation of public policies and surveillance approaches.Cost-saving strategies first implemented in Brazil by the PROVAR study, such as task-shifting to non-physicians, computer-based training, routine use of affordable devices and telemedicine for remote diagnosis may help planning RHD control programs in endemic areas worldwide.
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- Jasper Ubels
- Department of Epidemiology and Global health, Umeå University, Umeå, Västerbotten, SE
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- Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, US
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, US
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, US
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global health, Umeå University, Umeå, Västerbotten, SE
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR
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Daley P. Penicillin for streptococcal pharyngitis: Is it time for a new paradigm in Canada? JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE CANADA = JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE L'ASSOCIATION POUR LA MICROBIOLOGIE MEDICALE ET L'INFECTIOLOGIE CANADA 2019; 4:197-199. [PMID: 36339282 PMCID: PMC9612810 DOI: 10.3138/jammi.2019.07.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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- Peter Daley
- Associate Editor, JAMMI
- Department of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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Baker MG, Gurney J, Oliver J, Moreland NJ, Williamson DA, Pierse N, Wilson N, Merriman TR, Percival T, Murray C, Jackson C, Edwards R, Foster Page L, Chan Mow F, Chong A, Gribben B, Lennon D. Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Fever: Literature Review and Protocol for a Case-Control Study in New Zealand. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E4515. [PMID: 31731673 PMCID: PMC6888501 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16224515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), have largely disappeared from high-income countries. However, in New Zealand (NZ), rates remain unacceptably high in indigenous Māori and Pacific populations. The goal of this study is to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for ARF to support effective disease prevention policies and programmes. A case-control design is used. Cases are those meeting the standard NZ case-definition for ARF, recruited within four weeks of hospitalisation for a first episode of ARF, aged less than 20 years, and residing in the North Island of NZ. This study aims to recruit at least 120 cases and 360 controls matched by age, ethnicity, gender, deprivation, district, and time period. For data collection, a comprehensive pre-tested questionnaire focussed on exposures during the four weeks prior to illness or interview will be used. Linked data include previous hospitalisations, dental records, and school characteristics. Specimen collection includes a throat swab (Group A Streptococcus), a nasal swab (Staphylococcus aureus), blood (vitamin D, ferritin, DNA for genetic testing, immune-profiling), and head hair (nicotine). A major strength of this study is its comprehensive focus covering organism, host and environmental factors. Having closely matched controls enables the examination of a wide range of specific environmental risk factors.
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- Michael G Baker
- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; (J.G.); (J.O.); (N.P.); (R.E.)
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; (J.G.); (J.O.); (N.P.); (R.E.)
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; (J.G.); (J.O.); (N.P.); (R.E.)
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand;
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- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne 3010, Australia;
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; (J.G.); (J.O.); (N.P.); (R.E.)
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- Green Lane Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland 1023; New Zealand;
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;
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- Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;
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- School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;
- KidzFirst Children’s Hospital, Auckland 1640, New Zealand;
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- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand (L.F.P.)
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- Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland 0622, New Zealand;
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; (J.G.); (J.O.); (N.P.); (R.E.)
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- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand (L.F.P.)
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- CBG Health Research Ltd, Auckland 0651, New Zealand; (A.C.); (B.G.)
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- CBG Health Research Ltd, Auckland 0651, New Zealand; (A.C.); (B.G.)
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;
- KidzFirst Children’s Hospital, Auckland 1640, New Zealand;
- Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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Rheumatic heart disease and socioeconomic development. LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH 2019; 7:e1297-e1299. [DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30369-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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de Figueiredo ET, Azevedo L, Rezende ML, Alves CG. Rheumatic Fever: A Disease without Color. Arq Bras Cardiol 2019; 113:345-354. [PMID: 31365604 PMCID: PMC6882402 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Brazil has approximately 30.000 cases of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) annually. A third of cardiovascular surgeries performed in the country are due to the sequelae of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which is an important public health problem. OBJECTIVES to analyze the historical series of mortality rates and disease costs, projecting future trends to offer new data that may justify the need to implement a public health program for RF. METHODS we performed a cross-sectional study with a time series analysis based on data from the Hospital Information System of Brazil from 1998 to 2016. Simple linear regression models and Holt's Exponential Smoothing Method were used to model the behavior of the series and to do forecasts. The results of the tests with a value of p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS each year, the number of deaths due to RHD increased by an average of 16.94 units and the mortality rate from ARF increased by 215%. There was a 264% increase in hospitalization expenses for RHD and RHD mortality rates increased 42.5% (p-value < 0.05). The estimated mortality rates for ARF and RHD were, respectively, 2.68 and 8.53 for 2019. The estimated cost for RHD in 2019 was US$ 26.715.897,70. CONCLUSIONS according to the Brazilian reality, the 1-year RHD expenses would be sufficient for secondary prophylaxis (considering a Benzatin Penicillin G dose every 3 weeks) in 22.574 people for 10 years. This study corroborates the need for public health policies aimed at RHD.
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Jack SJ, Williamson DA, Galloway Y, Pierse N, Zhang J, Oliver J, Milne RJ, Mackereth G, Jackson CM, Steer AC, Carapetis JR, Baker MG. Primary prevention of rheumatic fever in the 21st century: evaluation of a national programme. Int J Epidemiol 2019; 47:1585-1593. [PMID: 30060070 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has largely disappeared from high-income countries. However, in New Zealand (NZ) rates remain high in indigenous (Māori) and Pacific populations. In 2011, NZ launched an intensive and unparalleled primary Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme (RFPP). We evaluated the impact of the school-based sore throat service component of the RFPP. Methods The evaluation used national trends of all-age first episode ARF hospitalisation rates before (2009-11) and after (2012-16) implementation of the RFPP. A retrospective cohort study compared first-episode ARF incidence during time-not-exposed (23 093 207 person-days) and time-exposed (68 465 350 person-days) with a school-based sore throat service among children aged 5-12 years from 2012 to 2016. Results Following implementation of the RFPP, the national ARF incidence rate declined by 28% from 4.0 per 100 000 [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.5-4.6] at baseline (2009-11) to 2.9 per 100 000 by 2016 (95% CI 2.4-3.4, P <0.01). The school-based sore throat service effectiveness overall was 23% [95% CI -6%-44%; rate ratio (RR) 0.77, 95% CI 0.56-1.06]. Effectiveness was greater in one high-risk region with high coverage (46%, 95% CI 16%-66%; RR 0.54, 95% CI 0.34-0.84). Conclusions Population-based primary prevention of ARF through sore throat management may be effective in well-resourced settings like NZ where high-risk populations are geographically concentrated. Where high-risk populations are dispersed, a school-based primary prevention approach appears ineffective and is expensive.
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- Susan J Jack
- Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.,Health Intelligence Team, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Health Intelligence Team, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand.,Doherty Applied Microbial Genomics, University of Melbourne at The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne at The Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Health Intelligence Team, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Health Intelligence Team, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Planning, Funding and Outcomes, Waitemata and Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Group A Streptococcal Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Department, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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Osowicki J, Azzopardi KI, Baker C, Waddington CS, Pandey M, Schuster T, Grobler A, Cheng AC, Pollard AJ, McCarthy JS, Good MF, Walker MJ, Dale JB, Batzloff MR, Carapetis JR, Smeesters PR, Steer AC. Controlled human infection for vaccination against Streptococcus pyogenes (CHIVAS): Establishing a group A Streptococcus pharyngitis human infection study. Vaccine 2019; 37:3485-3494. [PMID: 31101422 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a highly-adapted and human-restricted pathogen responsible for a high global burden of disease across a diverse clinical spectrum. Vaccine development has been impeded by scientific, regulatory, and commercial obstacles. Human infection studies (HIS) are increasingly contributing to drug, diagnostics, and vaccine development, reducing uncertainty at early stages, especially for pathogens with animal models that incompletely reproduce key elements of human disease. We review the small number of historical GAS HIS and present the study protocol for a dose-ranging inpatient study in healthy adults. The primary objective of the study is to establish a new GAS pharyngitis HIS with an attack rate of at least 60% as a safe and reliable platform for vaccine evaluation and pathogenesis research. According to an adaptive dose-ranging study design, emm75 GAS doses manufactured in keeping with principles of Good Manufacturing Practice will be directly applied by swab to the pharynx of carefully screened healthy adult volunteers at low risk of severe complicated GAS disease. Participants will remain as closely monitored inpatients for up to six days, observed for development of the primary outcome of acute symptomatic pharyngitis, as defined by clinical and microbiological criteria. All participants will be treated with antibiotics and followed as outpatients for six months. An intensive sampling schedule will facilitate extensive studies of host and organism dynamics during experimental pharyngitis. Ethics approval has been obtained and the study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03361163).
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- Joshua Osowicki
- Tropical Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Tropical Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Tropical Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; National Institute for Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA
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- The Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Tropical Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Department, Academic Children Hospital Queen Fabiola, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Tropical Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Barik R. Secondary prophylaxis to control rheumatic heart disease in developing countries: Put into a cage if can't be killed. Indian Heart J 2018; 70:907-910. [PMID: 30580864 PMCID: PMC6306397 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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A significant socioeconomic inequality is the main barrier to achieve primordial prevention of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the developing countries. An effective vaccine with affordable cost against Streptococcus yet to be identified. The subclinical nature of rheumatic fever (RF) is the main hurdle for effective primary prevention of RHD. When RF and RHD are recognized at the earliest, treated adequately and SP with penicillin is strictly followed, then this disease can be kept under control though cannot be eradicated.
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Rheumatic Heart Disease Worldwide. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018; 72:1397-1416. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Acute rheumatic fever is caused by an autoimmune response to throat infection with Streptococcus pyogenes. Cardiac involvement during acute rheumatic fever can result in rheumatic heart disease, which can cause heart failure and premature mortality. Poverty and household overcrowding are associated with an increased prevalence of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, both of which remain a public health problem in many low-income countries. Control efforts are hampered by the scarcity of accurate data on disease burden, and effective approaches to diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever is entirely clinical, without any laboratory gold standard, and no treatments have been shown to reduce progression to rheumatic heart disease. Prevention mainly relies on the prompt recognition and treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis, and avoidance of recurrent infection using long-term antibiotics. But evidence for the effectiveness of either approach is not strong. High-quality research is urgently needed to guide efforts to reduce acute rheumatic fever incidence and prevent progression to rheumatic heart disease.
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- Ganesan Karthikeyan
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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- Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, Institute for Investigation in Immunology, National Institute of Science and Technology, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kamal N, Majmundar N, Damadora N, El-Ghanem M, Nuoman R, Keller IA, Schonfeld S, Rybinnik I, Gupta G, Roychowdry S, Al-Mufti F. Mechanical thrombectomy - is time still brain? The DAWN of a new era. Br J Neurosurg 2018; 32:245-249. [PMID: 29417839 DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2018.1426726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to review the history of treatments for acute ischemic stroke, examine developments in endovascular therapy, and discuss the future of the management of acute ischemic stroke. METHODS A selective review of recent clinical trials for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke was conducted. RESULTS We reviewed completed trials of the management of acute ischemic stroke including intravenous thrombolytics, intraarterial thrombolytics, and thrombectomy. We also assessed the future direction of research by reviewing ongoing clinical trials. CONCLUSIONS The advancement of endovascular treatment for stroke has led to improved morbidity and mortality for patients. Future challenges include delivering these treatments to stroke centers worldwide.
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- Naveed Kamal
- a Department of Neurosurgery , Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School , Newark , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School , Newark , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School , Newark , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School , Newark , NJ , USA
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- b Department of Neurology , Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School , Newark , NJ , USA
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- c Department of Radiology , Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , NJ , USA
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- c Department of Radiology , Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , NJ , USA
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- d Department of Neurology , Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , NJ , USA
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- e Department of Neurosurgery , Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , NJ , USA
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- c Department of Radiology , Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Neurosurgery , Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School , Newark , NJ , USA.,d Department of Neurology , Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , NJ , USA
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First Presentation Acute Rheumatic Fever is Preventable in a Community Setting: A School-based Intervention. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2017; 36:1113-1118. [PMID: 28230706 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Robust evidence is lacking for community initiatives to prevent first presentation acute rheumatic fever (ARF) by group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis treatment. METHODS We measured the effect of introducing a sore throat clinic program on first presentation ARF into 61-year 1-8 schools with students 5-13 years of age (population ≈25,000) in Auckland, New Zealand. The study period was 2010-2016. A generalized linear mixed model investigated ARF rate changes before and after the staggered introduction of school clinics. Nurses and lay workers treated culture-proven GAS sore throats (including siblings) with 10 days of amoxicillin. ARF cases were identified from a population-based secondary prophylaxis register. Annual pharyngeal GAS prevalence was assessed in a subset. RESULTS ARF rates in 5-13 year olds dropped from 88 [95% confidence interval (CI): 79-111] per 100,000 preclinics to 37 (95% CI: 15-83) per 100,000 after 2 years of clinic availability, a 58% reduction. No change in rate was demonstrated before the introduction of clinics [P = 0.88; incidence risk ratio for a 1-year change: 0.98 (95% CI: 0.63-1.52)], but there was a significant decrease of first presentation ARF rates with time after the introduction of the sore throat program [P = 0.008; incidence risk ratio: 0.61 (95% CI: 0.43-0.88)]. Pharyngeal GAS cross-sectional prevalence fell from 22.4% (16.5-30.5) preintervention to 11.9% (8.6-16.5) and 11.4% (8.2-15.7) 1 or 2 years later (P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS ARF declined significantly after school-based GAS pharyngitis management using oral amoxicillin paralleled by a decline in pharyngeal GAS prevalence.
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Katzenellenbogen JM, Ralph AP, Wyber R, Carapetis JR. Rheumatic heart disease: infectious disease origin, chronic care approach. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:793. [PMID: 29187184 PMCID: PMC5708129 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2747-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic cardiac condition with an infectious aetiology, causing high disease burden in low-income settings. Affected individuals are young and associated morbidity is high. However, RHD is relatively neglected due to the populations involved and its lower incidence relative to other heart diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS In this narrative review, we describe how RHD care can be informed by and integrated with models of care developed for priority non-communicable diseases (coronary heart disease), and high-burden communicable diseases (tuberculosis). Examining the four-level prevention model (primordial through tertiary prevention) suggests primordial and primary prevention of RHD can leverage off existing tuberculosis control efforts, given shared risk factors. Successes in coronary heart disease control provide inspiration for similarly bold initiatives for RHD. Further, we illustrate how the Chronic Care Model (CCM), developed for use in non-communicable diseases, offers a relevant framework to approach RHD care. Systems strengthening through greater integration of services can improve RHD programs. CONCLUSION Strengthening of systems through integration/linkages with other well-performing and resourced services in conjunction with policies to adopt the CCM framework for the secondary and tertiary prevention of RHD in settings with limited resources, has the potential to significantly reduce the burden of RHD globally. More research is required to provide evidence-based recommendations for policy and service design.
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- Judith M Katzenellenbogen
- Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western, Australia.
- School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western, Australia.
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- Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western, Australia
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western, Australia
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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a chronic valvular disease resulting after severe or repetitive episodes of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), an autoimmune response to group A Streptococcus infection. RHD has been almost eliminated with improved social and health infrastructure in affluent countries while it remains a neglected disease with major cause of morbidity and mortality in many low- and middle-income countries, and resource-limited regions of high-income countries. Despite our evolving understanding of the pathogenesis of RHD, there have not been any significant advances to prevent or halt progression of disease in recent history. Long-term penicillin-based treatment and surgery remain the backbone of a RHD control program in the absence of an effective vaccine. The advent of echocardiographic screening algorithms has improved the accuracy of diagnosing RHD and has shed light on the enormous burden of disease. Encouragingly, this has led to a rekindled commitment from researchers in the most affected countries to advocate and take bold actions to end this disease of social inequality.
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- Bethel Woldu
- Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, 2525 West End Avenue, Suite 750, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, 2400 Pratt Street, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
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Madeira G, Chicavel D, Munguambe A, Langa J, Mocumbi A. Streptococcal pharyngitis in children with painful throat: missed opportunities for rheumatic heart disease prevention in endemic area of Africa. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2017; 7:421-423. [PMID: 28890879 DOI: 10.21037/cdt.2017.05.07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Geoffrey Madeira
- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Division, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Division, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Division, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Division, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Chronic Non-communicable Disease Division, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique.,Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
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Palafox B, Mocumbi AO, Kumar RK, Ali SKM, Kennedy E, Haileamlak A, Watkins D, Petricca K, Wyber R, Timeon P, Mwangi J. The WHF Roadmap for Reducing CV Morbidity and Mortality Through Prevention and Control of RHD. Glob Heart 2017; 12:47-62. [PMID: 28336386 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable non-communicable condition that disproportionately affects the world's poorest and most vulnerable. The World Heart Federation Roadmap for improved RHD control is a resource designed to help a variety of stakeholders raise the profile of RHD nationally and globally, and provide a framework to guide and support the strengthening of national, regional and global RHD control efforts. The Roadmap identifies the barriers that limit access to and uptake of proven interventions for the prevention and control of RHD. It also highlights a variety of established and promising solutions that may be used to overcome these barriers. As a general guide, the Roadmap is meant to serve as the foundation for the development of tailored plans of action to improve RHD control in specific contexts.
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- Benjamin Palafox
- ECOHOST -The Centre for Health and Social Change, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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- Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Ministério da Saúde and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Moçambique
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- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin, Kerala, India
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- University of Khartoum and Sudan Heart Center, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Fiji RHD Prevention and Control Project, Ministry of Health and Medical Services and Cure Kids New Zealand, Suva, Fiji
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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