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Question 1

How many Revised Duckett Jones criteria are needed to Dx Rheumatic Fever in an initial episode?

Answer 1

Two major criteria or one major plus two minor criteria

plus an absolute requirement for evidence of recent group A streptococcal (GAS) infection

Question 2

How many Revised Duckett Jones criteria are needed to Dx Rheumatic Fever in an recurrent episode?

Answer 2

either the same as for an initial episode of ARF or the presence of three minor criteria

Question 3

Major Revised Duckett Jones criteria are (5):

Answer 3

polyarthritis
carditis
subcutaneous nodules
erythema marginatum
chorea.

Question 4

Minor Revised Duckett Jones criteria are (5):

Answer 4

arthralgia (not usable when arthritis is present)
fever
high ESR
high C-reactive protein
prolonged PR interval.

Question 5

Positive antistreptolysin O titer (choice A) is sufficient evidence for:

Answer 5

recent GAS infection.

Question 6

erythema marginatum which occurs primarily on

Answer 6

the trunk and spares the face.

Question 7

X-linked dominant (choice C) is associated with manifested disease in ___ but is
usually lethal in ____.

Answer 7

females

males

Question 8

X-linked recessive only affects:

Answer 8

males

Question 9

Mitochondrial inheritance affects:

Answer 9

mother and its children.

Question 10

If 2 children of opposite sex have been affected by a genetic disease in a family, the mode of
inheritance could be:

And If parents are free of the disease, it is most likely to be a case of:

Answer 10

autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, or X-linked dominant.

autosomal recessive