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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
  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. 1992 Oct 21;268(15):2069-73. Erratum in: JAMA 1993 Jan 27;269(4):476. PubMed Logo

 

 
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