Table 1.

Patient characteristics

CHARACTERISTIC	PATIENT 1	PATIENT 2	PATIENT 3	PATIENT 4	PATIENT 5	PATIENT 6	PATIENT 7	PATIENT 8
Age, y	4	4	20	3	12	8	15	9
Sex	Male	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Male
Sore throat	No	Yes	Yes	NA	Yes	Yes	No	No
Time from presentation to diagnosis, d	NA*	240	4	43	43	70	140	77
Outcome	Deceased	Deceased	CHF, RHD	CHF, RHD	Chorea	CHF, RHD	RHD	RHD

CHF—congestive heart failure, NA—not available, RHD—rheumatic heart disease.

^*Diagnosis was made post mortem.