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Jones Criteria for Diagnosis of Rheumatic Fever   Diagnostic : 1 Required Criteria and 2 Major Criteria and 0 Minor Criteria Diagnostic : 1 Required Criteria and 1 Major Criteria and 2 Minor Criteria   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       Acute phase reactions: ESR / CRP / Leukocytosis       Prolonged PR interval         References 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. 1992 Oct 21;268(15):2069-73. Erratum in: JAMA 1993 Jan 27;269(4):476.     Legal Notices and Disclaimer   All information contained in and produced by the MedCalc 3000 system is provided for educational purposes only. This information should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or disease. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE CLINICAL JUDGMENT OR GUIDE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT CARE IN ANY MANNER. Click here for full notice and disclaimer.   MedCalc 3000 is Copyright © 1998-2008 Foundation Internet Services, LLC    [Build 238461 v9.1]