Sydenham chorea in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory: A 20-year retrospective case series.

• Published in: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Main Authors: Soller T, Roberts K V, Middleton B F, Ralph A P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 2023
• Subjects: Menzies; First Nations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10137/12520; https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16481; https://www.ezpdhcs.nt.gov.au/login?url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37589435

AIM: Sydenham chorea is an immune-mediated neuropsychiatric condition, and a major criterion for diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF). Children in remote Northern Australia experience disproportionately high rates of ARF, yet studies looking at the epidemiology, clinical presentation and managem...