Abstract

T H E appropriate use of effective therapeutic agents for the control of streptococcal infections has made possible the prevention of rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. Numerous studies have shown that prompt, adequate treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis will prevent the development of these nonsuppurative complications which would otherwise occur in about 3 to 5 per cent of the exposed population?, 2 Although treatment should begin as soon as the infection is discovered, redent work has shown that the promptness of treatment is not crucial. Even if the streptococcal infection has been cl!nically apparent for as long as 9 days and has elicited an antibody response, rheumatic complications can often be prevented by adequate therapy begun at that time. 3 Thus a time lag of 1 or 2 days will not be harmful in cases of pharyngitis

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