Children in low-decile schools may be screened for rheumatic fever this year.

He had rheumatic fever as a child and developed problems from that.

She is in great trouble now because her husband has rheumatic fever.

Sciatica, at its most active, cannot be surpassed even by rheumatic fever.

Picture: The streptococcus pyogenes bacteria which can lead to rheumatic fever

She had undergone a heart-valve replacement to repair damage from undetected rheumatic fever.

The differential diagnosis of arthritis with liver disease must include acute rheumatic fever.

Before morning I was aching all over: I had rheumatic fever.

Clinical features overlapped with Kawasaki disease, acute rheumatic fever, and toxic shock syndrome.

But she'd had rheumatic fever, and her beauty was gone-shewas a cripple.

I was 4-F 'cause I had rheumatic fever as a boy.

Public health researcher Simon Thornley said rheumatic fever disproportionately affected Māori and Pasifika communities.

All the rest were new cases of acute rheumatic fever.

Most cases of combined aortic stenosis and regurgitation were the sequelae of rheumatic fever.

Preventable illnesses such as rheumatic fever cause life-long health complications.

One should not therefore incur the risk of rheumatic fever.