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Additional Information From NIAID

Rheumatic Fever information from the National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus

Post-streptococcal Glomerulonephritis information from the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Sydenham Chorea information from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Group A Streptococcal Infections

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Complications

Untreated group A strep infections can result in rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN).

Rheumatic fever can develop about 18 days after a bout of strep throat and causes heart disease with or without joint pain. It can be followed months later by Sydenham chorea, a disorder in which the muscles of the torso, arms, and legs move involuntarily in a dancing and jerky manner.

PSGN is an inflammation of the kidneys that may follow an untreated strep throat but more often comes after a strep skin infection.

Both disorders are rarely seen in the United States because of prompt and effective treatment of most cases of strep throat.

Last Updated September 23, 2007