PANCE Practice Test

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Acute rheumatic fever classically develops in children 1 to 4 weeks after a group A hemolytic streptococcal (Streptococcus pyogenes) infection of which of the following organs?
  1. Aorta
  2. Heart
  3. Lungs
  4. Pharynx
Explanation
Answer: D - Rheumatic fever (RF) is a systemic disease with the major findings of migratory polyarthritis of large joints, carditis, erythema marginatum of skin (although skin involvement is not very common), subcutaneous nodules, and Sydenham’s chorea.
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