Mitral stenosis prevention: Difference between revisions

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Effective measures for the primary prevention of mitral stenosis include preventing of endocarditis and decreasing new patients of rheumatic fever. Effective measures for the primary prevention of rheumatic fever include reducing exposure to Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and antibiotic prophylaxis for streptococcal pharyngitis. Intramuscular benzathine penicillin G and oral penicillin V are the recommended antibiotics in treatment of group A streptococcal infection in absence of penicillin allergy.

Effective measures for the primary prevention of mitral stenosis include preventing of endocarditis and decreasing new patients of rheumatic fever.^[1]

Effective measures for the primary prevention of [disease name] include:

↑ Nkomo, V. T (2006). "Epidemiology and prevention of valvular heart diseases and infective endocarditis in Africa". Heart. 93 (12): 1510–1519. doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.118810. ISSN 1355-6037.

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-Effective measures for the primary [[Prevention (medical)|prevention]] of mitral stenosis include  preventing of [[endocarditis]] and decreasing new [[patients]] of [[Rheumatic fever|rheumatic fever.]]
+Effective measures for the primary [[Prevention (medical)|prevention]] of mitral stenosis include  preventing of [[endocarditis]] and decreasing new [[patients]] of [[Rheumatic fever|rheumatic fever.]] Effective measures for the primary [[prevention]] of rheumatic fever include reducing exposure to [[Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci]] and [[antibiotic]] [[prophylaxis]] for [[streptococcal pharyngitis]]. [[Intramuscular]] [[benzathine penicillin G]] and oral [[penicillin V]] are the recommended [[antibiotics]] in treatment of [[group A streptococcal infection]] in absence of [[penicillin allergy]].
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