Abstract

Recurrent acute rheumatic fever in patients who have completed secondary antibiotic prophylaxis is exceedingly rare. This paper presents a case of recurrent acute rheumatic fever with progressive rheumatic heart disease in a middle-aged woman requiring emergent surgical valvular repair and an additional course of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis.

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