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Acute Communicable Disease Control
Rheumatic Fever, Acute
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop as a rare complication of untreated or
undertreated strep throat infection. Strep throat is caused by infection with group A streptococcus.
Rheumatic fever is most common in children between the ages of 5 and 15 years, though it can develop
in adults, and can cause damage to the heart, joints, the brain and spinal cord, and the skin.
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop as a rare complication of untreated or
undertreated strep throat infection. Strep throat is caused by infection with group A streptococcus.
Rheumatic fever is most common in children between the ages of 5 and 15 years, though it can develop
in adults, and can cause damage to the heart, joints, the brain and spinal cord, and the skin.
