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Inflammation 2 Flashcards by Sabaowy .j

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What is Rheumatic Fever (RF)

An acute, immunologically mediated multisystem inflammatory disease, caused by an abnormal host response to an infection with beta-hemolytic group A streptococci

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Rheumatic fever (pathogenesis):

A hypersensitivity reaction induced by group A streptococci: antibodies directed against the bacterial M proteins, crossreact with normal proteins present in the heart, joints and other tissues

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Hypersensitivity reactions def:

all forms of immune-mediated host tissue injury

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Inflammation 2 Flashcards

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