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Jones Criteria for Diagnosis of Rheumatic Fever
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The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever requires:
- 2 major, or
- 1 major and 2 minor manifestations, AND
- evidence of group A streptococcal infection
Required Criteria
Evidence of antecedent Strep infection: ASO / Strep antibodies / Strep group A throat culture / Recent scarlet fever / anti-deoxyribonuclease B / anti-hyaluronidase
Major Diagnostic Criteria
- Carditis
- Polyarthritis
- Chorea
- Erythema marginatum
- Subcutaneous Nodules
Minor Diagnostic Criteria
- Fever
- Arthralgia
- Previous rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease
- Elevated acute phase reactant (ESR or CRP)
- Prolonged PR interval
Published Literature & References:
- [1]Special Writing Group of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young of the American Heart Association.: Guidelines for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever. Jones Criteria, 1992 update.JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association 1992 October 21, 268 (15): 2069-73
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Clinical Note:
Diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever requires:
2 major manifestations, or
1 major and 2 minor manifestations,
and evidence of group A streptococcal infection
2 major manifestations, or
1 major and 2 minor manifestations,
and evidence of group A streptococcal infection
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About
The diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever requires:
- 2 major, or
- 1 major and 2 minor manifestations, AND
- evidence of group A streptococcal infection
Required Criteria
Evidence of antecedent Strep infection: ASO / Strep antibodies / Strep group A throat culture / Recent scarlet fever / anti-deoxyribonuclease B / anti-hyaluronidase
Major Diagnostic Criteria
- Carditis
- Polyarthritis
- Chorea
- Erythema marginatum
- Subcutaneous Nodules
Minor Diagnostic Criteria
- Fever
- Arthralgia
- Previous rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease
- Elevated acute phase reactant (ESR or CRP)
- Prolonged PR interval
Published Literature & References:
- [1]Special Writing Group of the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young of the American Heart Association.: Guidelines for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever. Jones Criteria, 1992 update.JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association 1992 October 21, 268 (15): 2069-73