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Effectiveness of clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin, and risk of disease in contacts, in invasive group a streptococcal infectionsThis paper reports on treatment, and preventing infection in close contact, of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) using the antibiotic clindamycin and...
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The global epidemiology of impetigo: A systematic review of the population prevalence of impetigo and pyodermaWe conducted a comprehensive, systematic review of the global childhood population prevalence of impetigo and the broader condition pyoderma.
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PREVenar13 and SynflorIX in sequence or alone in high-risk indigenous infants (PREV-IX-COMBO)Otitis media (OM) starts within weeks of birth in almost all Indigenous infants living in remote areas of the Northern Territory (NT).
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Utility of auscultatory screening for detecting rheumatic heart disease in high-risk children in Australia's Northern TerritorySensitivity and positive predictive value of cardiac auscultation compared with echocardiography is poor, regardless of the expertise of the auscultator.
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countriesThese summary measures can also be used to quantify the component of variation in epidemiology that is related to sociodemographic development.
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Evolution, Evidence and Effect of Secondary Prophylaxis Against Rheumatic FeverThe association between group A streptococcal infection and rheumatic fever (RF) was established in the early 20th century.
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Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children in northern Australia: Differences in prevalence and the challenges of screeningThis study compared regional differences in the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous Australian children, and describes the logistical and...
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Changes in the clinical and epidemiological features of group A streptococcal bacteraemia in Australia's northern territoryWe aimed to measure the incidence and severity of invasive Group A Strep disease in the NT since 1996.
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Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: Profile of women admitted to a Western Australian tertiary obstetric hospitalThis retrospective study assessed maternal and perinatal outcomes for women with rheumatic heart disease admitted to the largest tertiary obstetric hospital
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Availability and administration of benzathine penicillin G for the prevention of rheumatic fever in Africa: Report of the Working Group on PenicillinBenzathine penicillin G availability should be addressed and African health workers’ knowledge and practices need to be augmented