Symptoms usually come on suddenly, according to the CDC, and can include fevers above 100.4 degrees F, dry cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, chills and occasionally nausea, ...
The patient is a 44-year-old man from India with a 2-month history of low-grade fever, headache, and neck pain. During the 2 months before admission, the patient experienced gradual progression of ...
The foregoing considerations led us to select a simple, technically reliable laboratory test that might help us to differentiate the joint pain of rheumatic fever from that of other diseases.