Rheumatic Fever
General: Streptococcal infection; mechanisms may invo 151b18b lve immune cross-reactivity between bacterial heat shock proteins and similar proteins in normal human tissues.
Ocular: Lid edema; characteristic arborizations of conjunctiva; subconjunctival hemorrhages; episcleritis; scleritis; tenonitis; uveitis; retinal detachment; central retinal artery occlusion; optic neuritis.
Clinical: Hematuria; proteinuria; proliferative glomerulonephritis; microembolization; calcific emboli; sore throat; fever; chorea; erythema marginatum; disseminated encephalomyelitis.
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