Summary

The incidence of pediatric acute rheumatic fever in the United States appears to range from 0.51 to 0.77 per 100,000 children and physicians should consider the diagnosis in the right clinical setting.

Dr. Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Dr. Cantor is professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics, director of the pediatric emergency department, and medical director of the Central New York Regional Poison Control Center at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.

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