Antibodies to streptococci can occasionally "cross-react" against host tissue, causing a febrile illness known as acute rheumatic fever (ARF) with the potential to damage end-organs, leaving them vulnerable. Because it is a relatively infrequent complication of acute streptococcal infection, whether of the throat or skin or elsewhere, Rheumatic fever not infrequently escapes clinical recognition and … Continue reading Rheumatic Fever