Sentences with phrase «by rheumatic fever»

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In the developing world, stenosis can be a consequence of rheumatic fever (caused by untreated strep infection) during childhood.

That connection was strengthened by immunologist Madeleine Cunningham, a rheumatic fever expert from the University of Oklahoma.

Sydenham chorea was like rheumatic fever of the brain, thought to occur when rheumatic fever progresses and strep antibodies (emboldened by fever) breaches the blood - brain barrier (BBB), the tight wall of endothelial cells ordinarily there to protect the brain from the outside world.

Scabies wounds often become infected by Group A streptococcus bacteria, which can cause rheumatic fever, acute kidney disease and rheumatic heart disease.

By 1954, rheumatic fever had damaged Müller's heart to the extent that he needed surgery.