According to Jones criteria for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever , which of the following is a major criteria:
High-Yield Explanation
Jones criteria for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever:
a) Major manifestations:
Carditis
Polyarthritis (migratory and painful)
Chorea (Sydenham's chorea
Erythema marginatum
Subcutaneous nodules over bones or tendons
b) Minor manifestations:
Fever
Arthralgia
Previous H/O rheumatic fever
Raised ESR or C-reactive protein
Leucocytosis
First or second degree AV block
c) PLUS
Supporting evidence of preceding streptococcal infection like recent scarlet fever, raised anti Streptolysin 0 (ASO) positive throat culture.