Abstract
The clinical profile of acute rheumatic fever in developing countries is frequently reported to differ from that in developed countries. This probably arose because a distinction was not made between the manifestations of the initial attack and those of a recurrence. Here, we report the patterns of presentation and clinical features of 100 cases of carefully determined initial attacks of rheumatic fever. As many as half the patients had carditis, and, of these, 50% exhibited congestive cardiac failure. This high incidence arises because in developing countries with limited health-care facilities patients continue to be physically active during the long pre-admission period. The study confirms that the clinical profile of the initial attack of rheumatic fever in developing countries is in most respects not unlike that in developed countries.
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