36, No. 5, May, 1925 Studies on the Etiology of Acute Rheumat... Studies on the Etiology of Acute Rheumatic Fever This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. In a relatively high ...

ACUTE rheumatic fever, in the absence of intercurrent streptococcal respiratory infections and rheumatic recrudescences, is generally a self-limited disease that subsides within twelve weeks.

Clinically, rheumatic fever is diagnosed by such manifestations as subcutaneous nodules, chorea, erythema marginatum, carditis and arthritis. Subcutaneous nodules are a late manifestation ...

elevated jugular venous pressure), and the rash of erythema marginatum The Carey Coombs Murmur occurs during acute rheumatic fever. Mitral valvulitis can occur causing thickening of the leaflets.